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New Hampshire Hotel Sued Over Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreak

Two Massachusetts women are suing a New Hampshire hotel at the center of a Legionnaire’s disease outbreak. WMUR-TV reports that Louise Pare, of Gardner, Mass., and Celeste Billington, of Templeton, Mass., were diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease after staying at The …

CBIZ Hires Garguilo in Pennsylvania

CBIZ has hired Michael A. Garguilo as president of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of CBIZ Insurance Services Inc. Garguilo brings nearly 30 years of insurance experience to CBIZ. He is based in the Plymouth Meeting, Penn., office and is …

CEO Duperreault Bets on Underwriting Culture, Greenberg Ways in Restoring AIG to Greatness

Brian Duperreault, who rejoined American International Group Inc. as chief executive officer last year to turn the company around, remembers another era when the insurer was trying to blaze a trail toward greatness. In 1973, Duperreault arrived at AIG’s old …

Georgia Woman Arrested for Torching Home, Filing Claim with State Farm

A Habersham County, Ga., woman has been charged with first-degree arson for allegedly setting fire to her home and one count of insurance fraud for submitting a fraudulent insurance claim, according to a statement from Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner …

Tennessee: $3.2M in Restitution Returned to Insurance Consumers So Far in 2018

The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Consumer Insurance Services Section has returned $3.2 million so far to Tennesseans through its restitution efforts in 2018, according to a statement from TDCI. Through the first eight months of 2018, TDCI …

CoreLogic: 759K Homes, $170B in Reconstruction Value at Risk from Florence Storm Surge

Nearly 759,000 homes with a reconstruction cost value (RCV) of approximately $170.2 billion are at potential risk of storm surge damage from Hurricane Florence based on its Category 4 status, CoreLogic said in an analysis released late Monday. With projections …

Facebook Says Community Help Feature Ready to Assist Florence Recovery Efforts

After a relatively slow start to the 2018 season, three hurricanes are now churning in the Atlantic on potential tracks toward the U.S. east coast and the Caribbean. Ahead of Hurricane Florence’s projected landfall in North Carolina or South Carolina …

Update: ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Hurricane Florence Prompts Evacuations in Carolinas

Tuesday, Sep 11, 2018, 5:47 am— Florence continued to roll toward the U.S. East Coast, poised to become the strongest hurricane in almost 30 years to hit the Carolinas as more than 1 million people began fleeing a coastline that …

Liberty Mutual Forms Global Transaction Solutions Unit, Taps Bamford to Lead

Liberty Mutual’s Global Risk Solutions strategic business unit has centralized its mergers & acquisitions (M&A) insurance offerings with the formation of Global Transaction Solutions group (GTS). The creation of GTS is intended to simplify access for brokers and buyers to …

Opelka Named Deputy Commissioner at Louisiana Insurance Department

Frank Opelka has been appointed deputy commissioner of the Office of Health, Life and Annuity at the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Opelka comes to the Department of Insurance from the Louisiana Department of Health where he served as chief of …

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