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22 01, 2021

Biden Orders OSHA to Step Up COVID Workplace Safety Guidance, Enforcement

By | January 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Biden Orders OSHA to Step Up COVID Workplace Safety Guidance, Enforcement

The Biden Administration has instructed federal workplace safety officials to do more to help halt the spread of the coronavirus on the job. On his first full day on office, President Joseph Biden signed an executive order asking the Occupational …

22 01, 2021

Lloyd’s Appoints Aviva’s Tiernan to New Chief of Markets Position

By | January 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Lloyd’s Appoints Aviva’s Tiernan to New Chief of Markets Position

Patrick Tiernan will be joining Lloyd’s of London in the newly-created role of chief of Markets, where he will will oversee market performance and distribution. Tiernan will join Lloyd’s from Aviva where he is currently the managing director, UK Commercial …

21 01, 2021

U.S. Charges 2 Oil Workers With Allowing Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills

By | January 21st, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on U.S. Charges 2 Oil Workers With Allowing Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills

Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face federal criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs. The two were indicted Tuesday for spills in 2015 and 2018, …

22 01, 2021

Top Insurance Regulatory Developments of 2020: Part 1

By | January 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Top Insurance Regulatory Developments of 2020: Part 1

This is the first installment of a two-part look at the top 10 insurance regulatory developments of 2020 by attorneys at Locke Lord. The first part covers COVID-19, Insurtechs, Data Privacy, Race Equality and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. The second installment …

22 01, 2021

CoStar and Warburg Are Said to Be Competing to Buy CoreLogic: Bloomberg

By | January 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on CoStar and Warburg Are Said to Be Competing to Buy CoreLogic: Bloomberg

CoStar Group Inc. and a private equity group led by Warburg Pincus are the final bidders competing for data provider CoreLogic Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. CoreLogic, which is evaluating the offers, is expected to decide in …

22 01, 2021

In Third Lockdown, England Seeing ‘No Evidence of Decline’ in COVID-19 Cases

By | January 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on In Third Lockdown, England Seeing ‘No Evidence of Decline’ in COVID-19 Cases

A third pandemic lockdown appears to be having little impact on rates of COVID-19 in England, researchers warned on Thursday, with prevalence of the disease “very high” and “no evidence of decline” in the first 10 days of renewed restrictions. …

22 01, 2021

Mexico’s Pemex Plan to Cut Refinery Jobs Presents Safety Risks, Internal Document Shows

By | January 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Mexico’s Pemex Plan to Cut Refinery Jobs Presents Safety Risks, Internal Document Shows

Plans by Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos to cut jobs at its six refineries through attrition this year could undermine safety at the plants, an internal company document shows. Pemex plans to leave 9,374 vacancies at its refineries unfilled …

22 01, 2021

TÜV SÜD Hit by ‘Significant Damages’ Claim in Germany Over 2019 Brazil Dam Tragedy

By | January 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on TÜV SÜD Hit by ‘Significant Damages’ Claim in Germany Over 2019 Brazil Dam Tragedy

German industrial inspector TÜV SÜD is facing a claim for “significant damages” in the first civil lawsuit on German soil over its alleged role in the deadly collapse of a dam in Brazil two years ago. A group of Brazilian …

21 01, 2021

Why Now May Be the Best Time to Start an Insurance Agency: Viewpoint

By | January 21st, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Why Now May Be the Best Time to Start an Insurance Agency: Viewpoint

Starting an independent insurance agency, or any business, is a risky proposition. You’re moving from a secure position with a regular income and foreseeable future to a place where uncertainty is the new normal. Some may think that’s truer than …

21 01, 2021

2020 Could Make 2021 the Year of Insurance Agency E&O Lawsuits

By | January 21st, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 2020 Could Make 2021 the Year of Insurance Agency E&O Lawsuits

Insurance agents and brokers should prepare for a big agency errors and omissions (E&O) litigation wave to crash their shores in 2021. Agency E&O claims are a lagging indicator, meaning plaintiffs typically only go after agents and brokers after they …