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Trump Immune From Suit for Election Comments Made in Office

A Pennsylvania state court judge ruled that presidential immunity is broad enough to protect Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was rigged, even if he didn’t really believe the conspiracy. Judge Michael Erdos in the Philadelphia County Court …

J&J Talc Cancer Plaintiffs Want 6-Month Ban on Further Bankruptcy Filings

Lawyers for thousands of people who claim Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based powders caused them to develop cancer on Wednesday urged a U.S. judge to temporarily block the company from seeking bankruptcy protection for a third time for its talc subsidiary. …

Viewpoint: California’s Next Steps on Cat Models, Challenges and Issues in Insurance Rate-Making‎

A recently brewing and critical California issue is the conflict between industry’s desire to file catastrophe rating models to inform California property rates and California’s laws allowing a public inspection of rate filings. A large majority of carriers in the …

‘Fundamental Fairness’ Favors Lender’s Claim to Fire Insurance Funds After Foreclosure

The estate of a Maryland man who, along with one of his children, was killed in a fire in his home is not entitled to all of the proceeds from the fire insurance policy because the homeowner still had a …

California Lawsuit by Former Dancers Accuses Lizzo of Sexual Harassment, Hostile Work Environment

Lizzo has been sued by three former dancers who accuse the Grammy winner of sexual harassment and allege the singer and her production company created a hostile work environment. The civil lawsuit filed this Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior …

Amwins Report Keys on Disruption in Cannabis Space

The disruption in the cannabis space is having an impact on that insurance specialty from coast to coast, a new report out from Amwins shows. The report, Amwins State of The Market Report 2023: A Focus on the Cannabis Market, …

People Moves: Ryan Specialty Appoints Cornelli to Board of Directors

Ryan Specialty Appoints Cornelli to Board of Directors Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Ill., appointed Francesca Cornelli, dean of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, to its board of directors. She will serve as a member of its …

Progressive to Consolidate Corporate Headquarters in Ohio

Progressive Insurance said it will consolidate its corporate headquarters in Northeast Ohio as more employees opt to work from home. Progressive will consolidate Campus One (on Wilson Mills Rd.) location to Campus Two (on North Commons Blvd.) in Mayfield, Ohio. …

NR West Acquires Texas’ Foster Benefit Resources

NR West, the parent company of The Insurance Exchange, a premier Dallas-based General Agency, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Foster Benefit Resources, a full-service General Agency specializing in fully insured and self-funded employee benefits in the North …

Wisconsin Aircraft Crashes Kill 4

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Devyn Reiley, the daughter of two-time Super Bowl winner Bruce Collie, was one of four people who died in two separate crashes at a Wisconsin aircraft convention over the weekend, event organizers say. Reiley, 30, was …

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