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26 07, 2016

Guy Carpenter’s Bueler Joins JLT Re

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Reinsurance broker JLT Re has appointed Aaron Bueler as executive vice president and managing broker. He will be based in JLT Re’s Seattle office reporting to George Daddario, deputy CEO of JLT Re in North America. Bueler will join JLT …

26 07, 2016

Lachance Joins New Hampshire’s Aspen Agency

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Joseph Lachance has joined the sales team at Aspen Insurance Agency in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he will focus on personal lines and mid-size commercial lines business. Lachance is a licensed insurance producer with a background in education and law …

26 07, 2016

Judge Hits Uber’s Background Check on Passenger Bringing Price-Fixing Suit

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A federal judge on Monday banned Uber Technologies Inc. and its Chief Executive Travis Kalanick from using information from a background check on a passenger bringing a price-fixing lawsuit, saying the investigative firm conducting the probe may have engaged in …

20 07, 2016

Risk Managers Fear Cyber and Liability Risks of Autonomous Vehicles: Survey

By | July 20th, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Risk Managers Fear Cyber and Liability Risks of Autonomous Vehicles: Survey

Cybersecurity is the biggest concern for companies evaluating risk in the nascent self-driving vehicle industry, according to a survey conducted by Munich Re. The world’s second-biggest reinsurer found that 55 percent of corporate risk managers surveyed named cybersecurity as their …

20 07, 2016

Cross Insurance Acquires Maine’s Sargent, Tyler & West

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Maine’s Cross Insurance reported it has acquired another leading Maine insurance agency, Sargent, Tyler & West in Bangor, and its Bucksport branch office, Roland Grindle Insurance Agency. Sargent, Tyler & West has been in business for nearly 200 years. Michael …

20 07, 2016

Massachusetts Lawmakers Negotiating Ridesharing Bill Compromise

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Massachusetts House and Senate negotiators are set to begin hammering out a final version of a bill aimed at regulating ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft. A six-member conference committee was scheduled to begin negotiations this week. The bills would …

20 07, 2016

Town Rejects $11 Million Settlement Offer from Sandy Hook Parents

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The town of Newtown, Connecticut has rejected an offer from two Sandy Hook parents to settle a lawsuit over the 2012 school shooting that claimed the lives of 26 students and faculty. The Hartford Courant reported that a deadline passed …

20 07, 2016

Pennsylvania Jury Clears NASCAR, Pocono Raceway in Lightning Death

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A jury has ruled that a Pennsylvania racetrack didn’t cause harm to a man killed by lightning minutes after an August 2012 NASCAR race was stopped. The Pocono Record reported that the jury ruled in favor of Pocono Raceway and …

20 07, 2016

Maine’s Clark Insurance Adds 4 Employees

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Maine’s Clark Insurance has added four employees in its Portland office. Nicholas Jobin of Westbook has been hired as an associate Aacount manager in the Business Insurance Services Department. Jobin is a graduate of St. Joseph’s College of Maine. Dana …

20 07, 2016

3 States Sue Volkswagen, Charge Cover-Up of Diesel Fraud Went on for Years

By | July 20th, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on 3 States Sue Volkswagen, Charge Cover-Up of Diesel Fraud Went on for Years

Senior executives at Volkswagen AG including its former chief executive covered up evidence that the German automaker had cheated on U.S. diesel emissions tests for years, three U.S. states charged on Tuesday in civil lawsuits against the company. New York, …