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Q2 US Commercial Lines Prices Up 6.1%: WTW
Sep 12 2023 // According to WTW’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS), commercial insurance prices in the U.S. continued to increase in the second quarter. The quarterly survey, answered by insurance carriers,...
U.S. Settles Sexual Harassment Claims Against Baltimore County Fire Department
Sep 11 2023 // The U.S. Justice Department reports that it has reached a settlement with Baltimore County, Maryland for relief and compensation for female fire department employees subjected to sexual harassment. The settlement resolves...
Hamilton Insurance Group Confidentially Files for US IPO
Sep 8 2023 // Hamilton Insurance Group said on Thursday it has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, at a time when there is growing momentum for deals involving insurance and reinsurance companies. The U.S. IPO...
FEMA Names Nearly 500 US Communities as ‘Resilience Zones’
Sep 7 2023 // Rikers Island in the Bronx, New York, made the list due to its extreme vulnerability to flooding. Lincoln, Wyoming, was selected because of its high avalanche risk. And the danger of both earthquakes and drought propelled...
Microsoft Says Compromise of Engineer’s Account Led to Chinese Hack of US Officials
Sep 7 2023 // The recently disclosed Chinese hack of senior officials at the U.S. State and Commerce departments stemmed from the compromise of a Microsoft engineer’s corporate account, Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on...
US Homebuyers Weigh Climate Risk in Picking a House, Zillow Says
Sep 6 2023 // More than four in five US homebuyers are factoring in climate risks when they shop for a new house, according to a new survey by real estate firm Zillow. Some 83% of respondents said they weighed at least one climate risk...
Rate Hikes Not Bringing Profit to US Auto Insurers: Fitch
Sep 4 2023 // Jumps in rates and written premiums did little to move the needle on underwriting profits for U.S. personal auto insurers, Fitch Ratings reported based on a recent review of midyear results of nine big market...
U.S. Department of Justice and Oklahoma Bank Reach Settlement Over Discriminatory Lending Practices in Tulsa
Aug 30 2023 // The U.S. Department of Justice and a northeastern Oklahoma bank have announced a proposed agreement to settle claims that the bank discriminated in lending to Blacks and Hispanics in the Tulsa area. Collinsville-based...
The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark and the Power of Collaboration
Aug 30 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv As cyber threats continue to grow, guests on the latest episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast say that collaborations between the public and private sector are becoming even more...
People Moves: Cover Genius Names Rudow Chief Financial Officer; Lubbers Head of US Affinity & Programs at WTW’s CRB
Aug 30 2023 // Cover Genius Names Rudow Chief Financial Officer Cover Genius appointed David Rudow as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Rudow has over 18 years of experience and previously served as CFO of the cloud-based technology...
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt Files for Second Bankruptcy in the US
Aug 29 2023 // Drugmaker Mallinckrodt on Monday filed for its second bankruptcy in three years in the United States, with a restructuring plan that would cut $1 billion from what it owes to victims of the opioid crisis. The Ireland-based...
Kansas City Fire Department Faces US Department of Justice Investigation for Alleged Racial Discrimination
Aug 28 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department is under a U. S. Department of Justice investigation for alleged racial discrimination, a Kansas City spokesperson confirmed to The Kansas City Star...
US Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have No Consistent Protection
Aug 28 2023 // Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico and chronic laryngitis from repeated exposure to the hot sun while on various other...
US Corn Harvest Is in Trouble
Aug 25 2023 // Sagging ears just short of maturity, cobs half bare of kernels as if nibbled, earth so dry that deep cracks criss-cross the fields: The US corn harvest is in trouble. The signs were already there in South Dakota. Scouts...
Tornado Cash Founders Charged by US in Money Laundering Scheme
Aug 25 2023 // Two founders of Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixing service that has been under scrutiny by various US agencies for more than a year, were charged with helping launder more than $1 billion for clients that included a...
US Sues SpaceX, Alleges Hiring Discrimination Against Asylum Seekers, Refugees
Aug 25 2023 // The U.S. Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for allegedly discriminating against asylum recipients and refugees in hiring. “The lawsuit alleges that, from at least...
Deadly Heat Wave Sweeps Central US, Threatening Power Grid and Straining Resources
Aug 25 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Deadly heat that has gripped Texas for much of the summer has spread into other parts of the central U.S. this week where it is forecast to stay for days, with triple-digit temperatures buckling...
Judge Rejects Newsmax Bid to Narrow Smartmatic Lawsuit Over 2020 US Election
Aug 24 2023 // A Delaware judge on Wednesday rejected Newsmax Media’s bid to narrow the allegedly defamatory statements that the right-wing U.S. television network must defend in a lawsuit by voting machine company Smartmatic USA...
People Moves: Ryan Specialty Names Conklin Chief Human Resources Officer; AXA XL Appoints Raimondi to Lead U.S. Central Zone;
Aug 23 2023 // Ryan Specialty Names Conklin Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. announced that Michael Conklin has joined Ryan Specialty as executive vice president and chief human...
China Fines US Firm Mintz $1.5M for ‘Unapproved’ Work, After Raiding its Beijing Office
Aug 23 2023 // China fined U.S. firm Mintz Group about $1.5 million for doing “unapproved statistical work,” said a Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics notice, after a raid of its Beijing office sparked worries about...
