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Transgender Worker Sues New Hampshire Employer Alleging Bias in Health Plan

A transgender woman in New Hampshire filed a discrimination complaint Friday against the manufacturing company where she works as a machinist, challenging its exclusion of gender-transition health coverage. The complaint against Barrington-based Turbocam, which makes parts for the HVAC, automotive, …

California Occupational Safety Board Votes to Adopt COVID Prevention Regulations

The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has adopted COVID-19 prevention non-emergency regulations. The COVID-19 prevention emergency temporary standards will continue to remain in effect while the Office of Administrative Law reviews the proposed Non-Emergency COVID-19 prevention regulations. OAL …

Massachusetts Adds Cannabis Risks Curriculum to Driver Education Program

Beginning next month, Massachusetts will adopt a curriculum designed to educate teens on the risks of driving while under the influence of cannabis. Under the program, as of Jan. 1, Massachusetts will become the first state that has legalized the …

Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill Seeking to Stabilize Insurance Market

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping property insurance bill on Friday. How much and when it will work to stabilize the stormy market are among the questions being asked. One of the key goals of the legislation is to …

South Carolina Grand Jury Adds Tax Evasion to Murdaugh Charges

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced attorney accused of killing his wife and son, was indicted Friday by a grand jury in South Carolina on nine counts of tax evasion, adding to the slew of charges he faces …

Virginia Beach Settles With Lynch Family Over Police Shooting

The city of Virginia Beach will pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit from the family of a Black man who was shot by police during a chaotic night of violence on the city’s oceanfront last year. The city and …

Kinsale Acquires Property in Richmond

Specialty insurance business Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. announced that it has acquired real estate property adjacent to its current headquarters in Richmond, Virginia for $76.2 million, through a wholly owned subsidiary. The property is comprised of two office buildings totaling …

People Moves: Markel Int’l Promotes Green to Head of U/W Risk, Higgins to Head of Cat Mgmt; Fidelis Promotes 3 Senior Leaders Mathias, Bellamy and Davern

Markel Int’l Names Green as Head of Underwriting Risk, Higgins as Head of Cat Mgmt Markel International, a subsidiary of Markel Corp., has named Andrew Green as head of underwriting risk, with Emma Higgins taking over from Green as head …

Virginia County School Administrators Facing Trials Over Response to Sexual Assaults

Three separate trials will be held next year to adjudicate charges against the former superintendent of a northern Virginia school system as well as the system’s primary spokesman. Ex-Superintendent Scott Ziegler and spokesman Wayde Byard made initial appearances Tuesday in …

Munich Re to Launch Specialty Insurance Division

Munich Re is launching a new division, called Global Specialty Insurance (GSI), which will be comprised of various primary insurance businesses from the group that are currently part of the reinsurance segment. The restructuring, effective on Jan. 1, 2023, will …

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