| | Today's Headlines | | | | December 30, 2021 |
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| | National | | | | A bankruptcy judge has extended temporary protections against opioid-related litigation for the Sackler family members who own Purdue... | | | | When the Food and Drug Administration last week identified the likely sources of a powerful carcinogen that's been found in a myriad of... | | | | Doctors with the American Society of Anesthesiologists are calling for a new approach to fighting the opioid crisis, one that goes beyond... | | | | Tesla Inc. is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rearview camera and trunk issues that... | | | | News about two proposed but unrealized insurance acquisitions were the top national stories published by Insurance Journal in 2021, a... | | | | Cyber attacks are continuously evolving, and companies that don't stay educated about the space could be caught off guard, experts say.... | | | | Bringing people together to help others has historically been a defining focus for charitable giving and volunteerism in the insurance... | | | | Surety requires a highly complex and specialized form of underwriting. It is also an excellent career path for those who thrive on complex... | | | | Why do so many resolutions not make it past the first week of January? Are people just less tenacious than they used to... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | As 2021 comes to a close, Insurance Journal is looking back on its top stories of the year. In the East region, the ongoing COVID-19... | | | | A workplace safety investigation into the June death in Neville Island, Pennsylvania, of a 19-year-old roofing worker found two... | | | | A retired priest who once oversaw the safety of children in a Catholic diocese in the Washington suburbs has been charged with sexually... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | A former Linn County sheriff's deputy and his lawyers will receive more than $500,000 to settle a lawsuit he filed claiming that he was... | | | | News of an Ohio jury's conclusion that major pharmacy chains helped fuel the opioid crisis and a 6th Circuit's reversal of a finding that... | | | | Wright National Flood Insurance Co. said it will acquire the current flood insurance book of business from Westfield Insurance Co. and... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | A federal judge has found that Skanksa USA, part of one of the largest construction companies in the world, failed to secure its barges... | | | | Six more minor earthquakes were reported in South Carolina this week, potentially raising new demand for earthquake insurance. The U.S.... | | | | Florida's distressed property insurance market continued to be a top concern for readers of the Insurance Journal's Southeast section in... | | | | Lighthouse Management LLC has raised $65 million in capital, the company announced. The senior notes, issued in a private placement, will... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | SafePoint Insurance Co. will assume 30,000 Louisiana homeowners policies from two insolvent insurers, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon... | | | | The Executive Liability Division of Great American Insurance Group and the Austin, Texas-based insurtech, Assurely will offer Directors... | | | | Winter Storm Uri, Hurricane Ida and the fallouts from each storm dominated headlines in Insurance Journal's South Central region in 2021.... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Wildfires dominated headlines once again in Insurance Journal's West region. Stories on wildfires in California, as well as efforts to... | | | | The Archdiocese of Santa Fe's Chapter 11 bankruptcy efforts have plodded along for three years with no end visible in the case involving... | | | | United Valley Insurance Services Inc. promoted Rubby Jarnagin and Jamie Kilby. Jarnagin has been promoted to marketing team supervisor.... | | | | A man who dropped a gun and ran naked from police before being shot by an officer outside a church in 2017 has accepted a $525,000... | | | | Lightning's destructive potential was showcased in 2020 when it sparked the massive California Lightning Complex fires, but it remains... | | | | Twenty people were injured when a Greyhound bus headed to Las Vegas veered off a highway and rolled over in central Utah late Monday... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International & Reinsurance | | | | For the third consecutive year, the tale of Aon's on-again, off-again bid to acquire Willis Towers Watson dominated international stories... | | | | BERLIN (AP) - Six men will go on trial in Germany next month over their alleged role in the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from... | | | | MADRID (AP) - Authorities on one of Spain's Canary Islands declared a volcanic eruption that started in September officially finished... | | | | HSBC said on Thursday it had received regulatory approval in China to take full ownership of its life insurance joint venture in the... | | | | Chubb has appointed Paul Johnstone, Chubb Canada's current executive vice president, Personal Risk Services, to the role of Chubb Canada... | | | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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