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The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Gould & Naimoli Partners

The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Gould & Naimoli Partners LLC/G&N Insurance (G&N). The transaction became effective November 1, 2019. G&N is a property and casualty insurance agency primarily providing personal lines insurance to real estate owners in …

Sexual-Harassment Whistleblower Sues Lloyd’s Insurer Tokio Marine Kiln

A senior lawyer who blew the whistle on alleged sexual harassment and bullying at a top Lloyd’s of London insurance company is suing his employer for what he called a campaign of harassment, racial discrimination and victimization. Ifeanyi Okoh said …

Nationwide ‘Express’ Portal Promises Agents Multiple Product Quotes in 2 Minutes

Nationwide is introducing Nationwide Express, a technology platform that promises agents can quote policies for auto, homeowners and renters insurance in two minutes as well as tailor coverages, bind coverage, and process payments and trailing documents quickly. Nationwide Express cuts …

Insurtech Sales Platform Cover Genius Raises $10M for Expansion

Cover Genius, an insurtech that offers an insurance sales and payments tools to online retail, travel, property, shipping and other companies in multiple languages and countries, has raised $10 million in new financing. King River Capital, a Sydney and California-based …

PURE Programs Launches California High Wildfire Risk Homeowners Program

PURE Programs has launched a new High Wildfire Risk Homeowners Insurance program, with coverages for retail insurance brokers serving clients that own high value homes in California at greater-risk of loss from wildfire. PURE Programs’ High Wildfire Risk Homeowners Insurance …

North Carolina High Court Keeps Blackbeard Ship Case Over Images Alive

A treasure hunter who accuses the state of North Carolina of misusing his images from Blackbeard’s flagship says he’ll ask for 10 times the damages he originally sought, now that a court ruling has come down in his favor. John …

Elementary School Bus Crash in Florida Injures 6 Students

Fire rescue officials say a half dozen elementary school students in Florida suffered minor injuries when the school bus they were in was involved in a crash with a car. Orange County Fire Rescue tweeted Monday morning that the six …

Email System With Info of 44K Tennessee Medicaid Members Breached

Officials say the private information of nearly 44,000 TennCare members may have been stolen during a breach of the email system of a vendor for the state’s Medicaid agency. The Tennessean reports that Magellan Health Systems says information including members’ …

IAT Insurance Adds 8 Hanover Underwriters to Specialty Brokerage Unit in North Carolina

IAT Insurance Group, a provider of specialty property and casualty products, has hired a team of eight underwriters to its Specialty Brokerage division. All eight previously worked together at Hanover Insurance under Mark Boland, who joined IAT last year as …

California Agent Arrested for Allegedly Leaving Client Uninsured in 2018 Mudslides

California Department of Insurance detectives this week arrested insurance agent Mark Lynch, 40, on 13 felony counts of grand theft, embezzlement, and money laundering after allegedly collecting over $72,425 in insurance premium payments from five clients while leaving one client …

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