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BKS-Partners to Acquire Assets of Tanner, Ballew & Maloof of Atlanta

Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners, LLC (BKS-Partners), the middle-market indirect subsidiary of BRP Group, has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all assets of Tanner, Ballew & Maloof, Inc. (TBM), an Atlanta, Ga.-based provider of commercial P&C insurance to middle …

California Cleaning Company Owner Charged in $700K Workers’ Comp Scheme

Jorge Gerardo Maldonado, 55, of Sacramento, Calif., was charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll and employees to illegally save on workers’ compensation insurance premiums, resulting in a $687,560 loss to three insurance carriers. After …

Christmas Day Blast Rocks Downtown Nashville, Damages Dozens of Buildings

Federal agents spent the weekend probing an explosion that rocked downtown Nashville as investigators scoured hundreds of tips and leads in the blast that damaged dozens of buildings on Christmas morning. More than 48 hours after the explosion, a motive …

North Carolina Restaurant Owners, Workers Clash Over COVID Safety

Restaurant owners, who have seen their capacity and hours limited by government entities, are struggling to keep the doors open, while their staff, often in a very public-facing position, try to stay both employed and healthy. The tension in the …

BP Spill Money to Help Enlarge Louisiana Coast Island, Expand Wildlife Refuge

Money from the 2010 BP PLC oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being used to help to expand the size of the U.S. wildlife refuge off Louisiana’s coastline. Work has begun off Louisiana on a project to more …

Applied Underwriters Hires 3 from AIG to Lead New Fine Art and Collectibles Unit

Insurer Applied Underwriters has named three executives from AIG’s Private Client Group to develop its new Applied Fine Art and Collectibles business unit that is based in New York. Ronald Fiamma will serve as president of Applied Fine Art and …

Washington Farm Fined $2M for Virus Rule Violations

An investigation into the COVID-19 deaths of two workers at a Central Washington farm has reportedly found dozens of safety and health violations. As a result, the Washington state Department of Labor & Industries has cited Gebbers Farm Operations, LP …

Los Angeles Shelving ShakeAlertLA Quake Warning App

The city of Los Angeles is retiring its local earthquake early warning app and encouraging residents to download the statewide app that was subsequently deployed. ShakeAlertLA was launched in 2018 and has been downloaded 920,000 times, the office of Mayor …

Mink Captured Outside Oregon Farm Tests Positive for Virus

The Oregon Department of Agriculture said among animals captured during wildlife surveillance near a mink farm that recently had a coronavirus outbreak, a mink believed to have recently escaped confinement tested positive for low levels of the virus known to …

W. R. Berkley Corp. Launches Special Purpose Reinsurer in Bermuda

W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the formation of Lifson Re Ltd., a special purpose reinsurer registered in Bermuda and licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Lifson Re has been capitalized with more than $250 million of equity from a small …

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