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Broker Lockton Joins Chubb, MetLife in Withdrawing from NRA Insurance Programs

Insurance broker Lockton is ending its participation in an insurance program for members of the National Rifle Association, joining MetLife, United Airlines and other companies that have been canceling their business affiliations with the gun owners’ organization. Lockton has been …

XL Catlin Launches Protect & Assist in Australia

XL Catlin has launched Protect and Assist, an accident and health insurance solution designed to help Australian businesses protect their people and meet their duty of care in the face of emerging risks and heightened security threats. Protect and Assist …

PERILS Releases Final Loss Estimate of €248M for Cyclone Thomas/Doris

Extratropical cyclone Thomas, also known as Doris in the UK and Ireland, had an insured price tag of €248 million ($305.4 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. This fourth and final insured …

Vermont Agency Is Newest Addition to Satellite Agency Network Group

Neshobe Falls Insurance Agency recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. Neshobe Falls Insurance is a full-service insurance agency founded in 2017 that provides all lines of personal and commercial …

Willis Towers Watson Appoints Seaborg to Public Entity Practice in Maryland

Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has appointed Eric Seaborg as a client advocate for its public entity practice within its education department. Seaborg will be based in the company’s Hunt Valley, Md., office in his …

Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $1.1M from Connecticut Car Dealership

A former employee of a luxury Connecticut car dealership has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1 million from the business. Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old Vanessa Vence-Small, of New Windsor, New York, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to wire fraud. …

Officials Say Massachusetts Trolley Driver Paid Man $2K to Attack Him on Job

Authorities say a Massachusetts trolley driver paid a man $2,000 to attack him while wearing a Halloween mask so the driver could fraudulently collect workers’ compensation and disability insurance. A Suffolk County grand jury indicted Thomas Lucey on charges of …

Papua New Guinea Quake Kills at Least 14; ExxonMobil Shuts $19B LNG Plant

Up to 14 people were killed in landslides and by collapsed buildings during a powerful earthquake in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, police and a hospital worker said on Tuesday, with unconfirmed reports of up to 30 dead. The …

Bank of England Will Not ‘Go Soft’ on Enforcing EU Solvency II Capital Rules

The Bank of England will not “go soft” on enforcing European Union capital rules for insurers, but will look at ways to make it easier for new entrants to boost competition in the industry, its deputy governor Sam Woods said …

Alabama Agency Employee Arrested in $116K Crop Insurance Scam

An Alabama woman who works for Dothan’s Farm Service Agency has been arrested on multiple fraud charges. Federal authorities say 36-year-old Anna Marie Knowles, of Headland, was arrested Thursday and faces charges of wire fraud, theft of government property and …

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