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Claim on Seized Hemp Shipment Barred, Showing Trickiness of Coverage

International treaties preempt state-based legal actions, giving an air transport company an escape from claims on what a hemp producer said was botched paperwork for an overseas hemp shipment, a federal appeals court said. The ruling by the U.S. 4th …

Are Captives the Answer for Uninsured HOAs? Utah Opens Door

When actuary Greg Fears attended a Western Region Captive Insurance Conference in April, he expected to learn and share information about emerging uses of captives for commercial risks, including trucking captives—a recent focus of his attention. But during the last …

Nursing Home Operators Must Pay $35.8 Million in Back Wages and Damages

In one of the nation’s largest wage recovery judgments, a Pennsylvania federal court has awarded $35.8 million in overtime back wages and liquidated damages to 6,000 current and former workers in nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living facilities. The workers were …

People Moves: WCF Insurance Promotes Houting to SVP of Middle Market; Ushur Names Price CRO

WCF Insurance Promotes Houting to SVP of Middle Market WCF Insurance, headquartered in Sandy, Utah, promoted Ken Houting to senior vice president of middle market. Houting leads growth and expansion of WCF’s middle market business unit. Houting has over 20 …

CrowdStrike Is Sued by Shareholders Over Huge Software Outage

CrowdStrike has been sued by shareholders who said the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing how its inadequate software testing could cause the July 19 global outage that crashed more than 8 million computers. In a proposed class action filed …

AIG’s Repositioning Affects Q2 Earnings; Underlying Underwriting Income Up 2%

The formal split of its life and retirement business Corebridge Financial resulted in a second quarter net loss of nearly $4 billion for American International Group (AIG). The deconsolidation and divestitures from last year affected AIG’s general insurance underwriting income, …

Report: 1Q 2024 California Workers’ Comp Written Premium 3% Lower Than Year Ago

Written premium for the first quarter of 2024 was 3% lower than the first quarter of 2023, while written premium in 2023 was slightly above 2022, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. The WCIRB released its …

Landslides in Southern India Kill at Least 93 With Many More Trapped

NEW DELHI (AP) — Multiple landslides in southern India have killed 93 people and many others are feared trapped under the debris, officials said Tuesday, after torrential rains triggered torrents of mud and water that swept through tea estates and …

People Moves: JM Wilson Hires and Promotes Transportation Underwriting Team Members

JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, hired Gina Deryas as a transportation renewal underwriter and Brian Bragg as a transportation underwriter. JM Wilson team member Joe Delaney was promoted to transportation underwriter. Deryas is responsible for underwriting renewal commercial transportation …

People Moves: Malmström Named Swiss Re’s Group CFO as Dacey Retires; MNK Re Appoints Industry Veteran Ashby as Global Chief Commercial Officer

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Swiss Re and MNK Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Malmström Named Swiss Re’s Group CFO as Dacey Retires Swiss Re announced that Anders Malmström will succeed John …

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