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Missouri Insurance Department to Assist Residents After St. Louis Flooding

Missouri Department of Commerce & Insurance announced that consumer specialists will be at Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARC) to assist residents impacted by recent flooding in the St. Louis region. The specialists will be at these locations: Tuesday (August 2)3 p.m. …

Gallagher Sues Alliant Again for Alleged ‘Corporate Raid’ of Employees

Broker Arthur J. Gallagher filed another poaching lawsuit against Alliant Insurance Services, alleging Alliant is “presently engaged in a corporate raid of Gallagher’s Chicago office.” According to the lawsuit filed on July 28 in U.S. District Court in the Northern …

Miami, Like Connecticut, Installing Smart Signs to Prevent Wrong-Way Drivers

Miami-Dade County officials, like Connecticut authorities, are investing heavily in new, flashing road signs after a spate of wrong-way crashes on highways. The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority this week announced a $2.3 million project to erect smart signs on five expressways …

Flash Flooding Closes Roads into Death Valley National Park

Roads in and out of Death Valley National Park were closed after lanes mud and debris inundated lanes during weekend flash floods in eastern California, western Nevada and northern Arizona. Storm cells dumped localized heavy rain across the region, prompting …

2 Bodies Found Inside Vehicle in Path of Big California Wildfire

Authorities said two bodies were found inside a burned vehicle in the path of a raging Northern California wildfire that is one of several major blazes burning across the U.S. West amid hot, dry, gusty conditions. The McKinney Fire exploded …

Boy Scouts Ruling Threatens $250 Million Abuse Deal With Mormons

The Boy Scouts of America may be forced to cut $250 million from its proposal to set up a trust fund for sex abuse victims after a judge rejected a key provision of a deal the youth group signed with …

Maryland’s Wage Law Can Cover Travel Required by Employer, Court Finds

Maryland’s wage and hour law may extend beyond the time an employee spends at a prescribed workspace to include time spent getting to the work site using transportation required by the employer, Maryland’s highest court has decided. In a 7-0 …

Viewpoint: Jury Blasts Defense with a $464.5 Million Nuclear Verdict

Plaintiffs’ California dreamin’ became a reality when a Los Angeles jury went nuclear with a verdict of $464.6 million after an eight-week trial in June. The verdict included $24.6 million in compensatory damages and a staggering $440 million in punitive …

Markets/Coverages: Sayata Adds CFC to Platform; Cowbell Cyber Partners With Amwins

Boston-based Sayata said it has added CFC to the Sayata platform, offering brokers full access to CFC’s award-winning cyber insurance offering for small and medium businesses (SMBs). CFC’s cyber insurance solution offers proactive threat intelligence to help customers identify and …

Floods, Storms Drive Global Insured Catastrophe Losses of US$38B in H1 2022: Swiss Re

A series of winter storms in Europe, record floods in Australia and South Africa as well as a high number of thunderstorms in the U.S. and Europe resulted in US$35 billion of insured losses from natural catastrophes in the first …

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