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Top 10 National Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

Auto insurers have had difficulties coming out of the pandemic – when streets were relatively unpopulated. The topic was the top national story published by Insurance Journal in 2022. If a word cloud was to be done on all national …

Top 10 West Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

GEICO closing offices in California, insurers battling with regulators, lawsuits, settlements, and wildfires were among the most read stories in Insurance Journal’s West region. Following were among the region’s top 10 articles for the year that interested readers. The Top …

AM Best Gives A+ Rating to PartnerRe’s New MGA-Driven Insurance Ops

AM Best has assigned an A+ financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) to PartnerRe Insurance Solutions Bermuda Ltd. (PartnerRe Ins Solutions BM Ltd), a newly added member of PartnerRe Ltd. The ratings outlook is stable. According to an AM Best …

Google, YouTube Content Providers Must Face U.S. Children’s Privacy Lawsuit

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the privacy of children under age 13 by tracking their YouTube activity without parental consent, in order to send them targeted …

Ship Insurers’ Exodus From Russia-Ukraine Risks Gathers Momentum

A host of shipping insurers altered their policies for 2023 to exclude claims linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine, a further sign of the industry’s growing concerns about losses stemming from the conflict. At least 12 of the 13 organizations …

Top 10 Midwest Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

Allstate buying office space in downtown Chicago, State Farm suing Tesla over a car fire, and Geico being ordered to settle with a woman who contracted an STD in an insured’s car were some of the most-read stories in Insurance …

Top 10 South Central Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

Nuclear verdicts, insurer insolvencies, rate hikes, and lawsuits were some of the most popular subjects among readers of Insurance Journal’s South Central region. The following were the South Central region’s top 10 articles for the year that interested readers. The …

First Florida Joins Forces with King Insurance

First Florida Insurance Network, headquartered in Palm Coast, is now a part of the King Insurance Partners team. King, a fast-growing insurance brokerage, announced the agreement in a news release. First Florida is a full-service commercial and personal lines insurance …

Top 10 Southeast Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

Some of the best-read and most-commented-on stories in the Southeast this year were mostly about Florida’s imploding insurance market, insurer insolvencies, and hurricanes, but also included news on Georgia’s auto insurance rates and proposed legislation on roofs. The Top 10 …

People Moves: SAIF Promotes Brigitte Hamilton Vice President of Claims

Brigitte Hamilton is SAIF’s new vice president of claims. Hamilton previously served as the director of business and software solutions on SAIF’s IT team. SAIF is Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’ comp insurance company with offices throughout the state. Hamilton has worked …

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