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25 10, 2023

Florida-based Brown & Brown Beats Expectations with Earnings, Dividends

By | October 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Florida-based Brown & Brown Beats Expectations with Earnings, Dividends

Brown & Brown Inc. (BRO on NYSE) this week reported third-quarter earnings of $175.9 million. The Daytona Beach, Florida-based brokerage said it had net income of 62 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 71 cents per …

23 10, 2023

Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes Norma and Tammy Hit Mexico and Barbuda

By | October 23rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes Norma and Tammy Hit Mexico and Barbuda

Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda. The storms were each Category …

25 10, 2023

Tesla Aware of Autopilot Steering Malfunction Before Fatal Crash: Lawyer

By | October 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Tesla Aware of Autopilot Steering Malfunction Before Fatal Crash: Lawyer

An attorney suing Tesla over a fatal accident cited an internal safety analysis conducted by the company that showed it knew about a steering malfunction in its Autopilot driver assistant feature about two years earlier. The disclosure came during closing …

23 10, 2023

Tech Update: AXA XL Launches Virtual Reality Training Solution for Risk Managers

By | October 23rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Tech Update: AXA XL Launches Virtual Reality Training Solution for Risk Managers

AXA XL Risk Consulting announced the launch of AXA Immersive Solutions, an innovative training solution leveraging virtual reality (VR) and digital twin technologies. AXA Immersive Solutions gives AXA XL’s risk consultants access to a 3D model of a standard factory …

25 10, 2023

People: Myers Named Benefits Group VP at Alliant

By | October 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on People: Myers Named Benefits Group VP at Alliant

Alliant Insurance Services, a distributor based in California, said it has named Scott Myers vice president of its employee benefits group. Myers is based in West Palm Beach. He has 15 years’ experience and has worked as a benefits consultant …

23 10, 2023

UK Broker Jensten Acquires UK-Based Berns Brett

By | October 23rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on UK Broker Jensten Acquires UK-Based Berns Brett

Jensten, the London-based independent insurance broking group, has completed the acquisition of Berns Brett following regulatory approval. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. With offices in London, West Sussex and Cavan, Ireland, Berns Brett brings a team of …

25 10, 2023

South Carolina Prosecutors Want to Limit Minority Leader’s Sway Over Judges

By | October 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on South Carolina Prosecutors Want to Limit Minority Leader’s Sway Over Judges

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nine of South Carolina`s 16 elected prosecutors are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates are put before the General Assembly for election. All six of the …

23 10, 2023

Cyberattack on 2 New York Hospitals Forces Ambulance Diversions

By | October 23rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Cyberattack on 2 New York Hospitals Forces Ambulance Diversions

Two hospitals in New York were hit with a cyberattack and had to divert patients to other facilities, hospital officials said Friday. The cyberattack affected computer systems at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston along with Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care …

25 10, 2023

Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Shuttered Missouri Christian Boarding School Over Son’s Abuse and Suicide

By | October 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Shuttered Missouri Christian Boarding School Over Son’s Abuse and Suicide

MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her son`s death on a gang rape and other abuse he endured there. Agape Boarding School has been subjected to a wave of litigation …

20 10, 2023

Storm Babet Hammers Scotland With Warnings of Risk to Life, Flooding

By | October 20th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Storm Babet Hammers Scotland With Warnings of Risk to Life, Flooding

The UK’s Met Office warned of the possibility of severe flooding and loss of life in the northern part of the country for a second day as Storm Babet continues to hammer the region. Parts of eastern Scotland remain under …