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19 07, 2016

Republican Platform Under Trump: Reinstate Glass-Steagall, Go Slow on Trade Pacts

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Republican National Convention delegates approved a platform Monday that calls for reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act and scaling back the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, calling it the Democrats’ “legislative Godzilla.” The Glass-Steagall measure puts presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and his party in the company …

15 07, 2016

P/C Insurers’ Net Income Fell 26% in Q1

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U.S. property/casualty insurers saw their net income after taxes fall to $13.3 billion in first-quarter 2016 from $18.1 billion in first-quarter 2015—a 26.6 percent decline—and their annualized quarterly yield on investments drop to 2.9 percent—the lowest this century—from 3.1 percent …

19 07, 2016

Integro Names Ro as New York Operations Leader

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International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers today announced the appointment of Esther Ro as New York operations leader. She succeeds Anne Anderson, who has taken on the role of North America Client Stewardship leader. Ro joined Integro …

15 07, 2016

Caution: Millions of U.S. Drivers Are Angry, Aggressive or Enraged!

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Nearly 80 percent of drivers expressed significant anger, aggression or road rage behind the wheel at least once in the past year, according to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The most alarming findings suggest that …

15 07, 2016

Construction Firm Sentence for New York Worker’s Death: Pay for Public Announcements

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A construction company convicted in the death of a worker in a New York trench collapse has been sentenced to fund a series of worker safety public service announcements. But an attorney for Harco Construction LLC told a judge Wednesday …

19 07, 2016

BHSI Expands into Transactional Liability Market with Underhill, 3 Others

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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) reported that it has expanded into Transactional Liability Insurance team in the U.S. and Canada and named Robert Underhill as senior vice president, head of Transactional Liability. The company also appointed Dan Crosby as vice …

15 07, 2016

House GOP Wants Democratic AGs’ Records on Climate Change Suit Against Exxon

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Escalating a political fight over global warming, a Republican House chairman issued subpoenas this week to two Democratic state attorneys general, seeking records about their investigation into whether Exxon Mobil misled investors about man-made climate change. Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, …

19 07, 2016

AmTrust Drops Arbitrator-Bribery Claims Against Italian Ex-Broker Somma

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Insurance firm AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has filed to voluntarily dismiss all of its claims against one of its former insurance brokers in Italy who AmTrust alleged bribed an arbitrator called in to settle a business dispute between them. AmTrust’s …

19 07, 2016

Retired Pro Wrestlers Sue WWE Over Head Injuries

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World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. was sued on behalf of Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka and dozens of other retired wrestlers who claim the company hid the long-term effects of neurological injuries from years of being pounded in and out of the ring. …

15 07, 2016

Industry Balks as Treasury Adopts 2% Formula for Defining Auto Insurance Affordability

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If the average auto insurance liability premium paid by consumers in minority and low-income neighborhoods is more than 2 percent of the median income in those neighborhoods, the auto insurance will be considered unaffordable, under a new index being adopted …