The city of Biloxi, Miss., is accepting $4.9 million from BP as part of a group settlement of local government claims for economic losses caused by the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Last week, BP and …
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Amy L. Parks has been appointed acting insurance commissioner of Nevada. Parks’ appointment follows the resignation of former Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper. Kipper’s reason for leaving office has not been explained. He announced his resignation effective July 2. …
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The Missouri Department of Insurance helped consumers who filed a complaint against their insurance company receive an additional $6.3 million in claim payments in the first half of 2015. Health insurance generated the most complaints in the first half of …
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The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud will be featured on tonight’s episode of A&E’s newest series, American Takedown, at 10pm EST. According to producers, American Takedown goes behind the scenes of America’s biggest criminal cases. The episode follows the breakdown …
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JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (JLT Specialty USA), a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), appointed Robert “Bennie” Benvenuto as executive vice president and member of the U.S. Executive Committee. He is based in Chicago. Benvenuto will …
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Newegg Inc. has been waiting for almost two years for a Texas federal judge to make a final ruling on a patent lawsuit it lost. On Monday it stopped waiting and asked an appeals court to force the judge into …
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While the safety of their private financial information is a big deal for a lot of people, when it comes to protecting it, many are actually pretty lax, a new survey says. According to the phone survey commissioned by MasterCard, …
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A settlement has been reached with the last remaining defendant in a 16-year-old lawsuit brought by the California Department of Insurance that arose out of the 1991 liquidation of Executive Life Insurance Co. The French company Artemis S.A. has agreed …
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Oswald Companies, based in Cleveland, Ohio, appointed Tim Walsh to the position of director of Construction Practice, Property & Casualty. He will be based at Oswald’s Detroit office and oversee the full construction practice in all of Oswald’s geographic markets. …
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The Red Cross says about 20 families have been displaced from their Indianapolis homes after heavy rains inundated parts of Indiana. The organization said in a news release that it’s working with fire officials to provide emergency housing for 50 …
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