| Today's Headlines | | October 20, 2021 | | Today's Headline Sponsor: Safety National |
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| National | | Embedded insurance has made substantial gains in 2021, but the technology faces regulatory and other roadblocks that could postpone its... | | The Biden administration said it is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health... | | The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of police officers accused of using excessive force in two cases involving the controversial... | | President Joe Biden plans to nominate the No. 2 auto safety official and a former California Air Resources Board official to head the... | | Thousands of unvaccinated workers across the United States are facing potential job losses as a growing number of states, cities and... | | Origami Risk, a risk, safety and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, announced it has packaged its online workers'... | | Just as new research shows that a fourth of the critical infrastructure in the U.S. - along with an increasing number of homes and... | | Home insurers have struggled to develop products and services designed to maximize customer lifetime value for the growing population of... | | In contrast to their direct-to-consumer counterparts, startups developing software for insurance companies have... | | More National News » |
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| East | | A Syracuse, New York, iron foundry cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for... | | A former publication company executive was sentenced to more than six years in prison Monday in a $48 million embezzlement plot. A... | | A pair of tornados have been confirmed in western Pennsylvania over the weekend, forecasters said. The National Weather Service says an... | | More East News » |
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| Midwest | | Jackson County officials on Monday approved a settlement with a church that had sued over COVID-19 restrictions that it claimed... | | Millions of Americans will participate in the Great Shakeout on Oct. 21, a day designated to earthquake education and awareness. Annually... | | A highway worker was killed and a co-worker was seriously injured when a vehicle struck them as they were working along a rural road in... | | More Midwest News » |
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| Southeast | | The state of Georgia has settled a whistleblower lawsuit brought by three Insurance Department employees who reportedly leaked... | | Elevators across Georgia may be long overdue for safety inspections, but regulators have no way to know, thanks to a poorly set up... | | Tokio Marine American Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a Georgia warehouse, where 50,000 tons of wood pellets caught... | | The insurtech Sayata, which provides software for the quote-bind-issue process for brokers and carriers, announced Lisa Sanders will... | | Industrial conglomerate 3M Co on Tuesday said it had agreed to pay about $98.4 million to settle claims that it contaminated the... | | Davies, a professional services and technology company serving the insurance market, announced it has agreed to purchase Insurance Risk... | | More Southeast News » |
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| South Central | | A Louisiana House leader offered blistering criticism Monday of Gov. John Bel Edwards' temporary housing program for people with severe... | | The remains of an abandoned river wharf went up in flames over the weekend in New Orleans as fireworks went off nearby, but officials... | | A Louisiana physician agreed to pay more than $600,000 to resolve allegation that he accepted kickback payments for referrals of home... | | More South Central News » |
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| West | | A man who fell from a luxury suite at a university sports arena in Albuquerque onto concrete stairs below has been awarded $144,000 under... | | The city of Seattle reported that 99% of its employees are in compliance with the mayor's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. By 11:59 p.m. Monday,... | | The California Labor Commissioner's office has cited JPI Construction $1.7 million for wage theft violations affecting 265 workers. An... | | Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler says he will seek an effective date of Jan. 1, 2022 for a permanent rule to temporarily... | | More West News » |
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| International & Reinsurance | | MOSCOW - Russia's Renaissance Insurance Group will reduce the size of its IPO to $250 million from an initial $290 million, two sources... | | Banks are demanding much stricter environmental criteria when financing shipping companies as investor pressure grows on the sector to... | | Years of low interest rates and burgeoning catastrophe losses have accelerated the hardening of the reinsurance market, as the January... | | German reinsurer Munich Re doubled its profit in the third quarter, despite big losses from storms in Europe and the United States, it... | | Global investment company JAB Holding Co. is acquiring a majority stake in UK pet insurer, Cardif Pinnacle. Cardif Pinnacle's current... | | Aston Lark, the Goldman Sachs-backed broker, announced the acquisition of Absolute Products Ltd., its 40th deal since its formation in... | | Coverys European Holdings (CEH), a leading underwriting vehicle that invests in speciality managing general agencies in Europe and the... | | Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has expanded its global network to encompass owned offices and network... | | Lockton, the privately-owned independent insurance broker, has launched its Silent Cyber Property Solution, a standalone policy that... | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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| Research and Webinars | | | Discover how your company can attract and retain top talent and manage growth with technology that simplifies office space... | | | MGAs face regulatory challenges from all directions and insurance laws vary by state, making the management of producer... | | | It goes without saying, the last two years have not been easy. We have experienced some of the hardest market conditions most of... | | | The protection gap is found anywhere your customer is exposed to a risk that they could insure against but do not. This is a... | | | Businesses rely on their agents and brokers to understand the risks they face and to make recommendations on how to best protect... | | More research and webinars » |
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| Insurance Journal TV | | | Growing ransomware attacks aren't the only issue concerning the cybersecurity industry today,... | | | It may not come as much of a surprise to those who know about insurance and cannabis that the... | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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