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3 06, 2022

LexisNexis Acquires Home Inspection Tech Firm Flyreel

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions has acquired Flyreel, a Denver-based property technology firm that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to enable self-service property inspections. Flyreel says its technology offers visibility into a property’s interior and exterior to improve new business …

3 06, 2022

People Moves: NFP Appoints Markel’s Horsman as Head of Canadian National Broking; Insurer Openly Expands Reinsurance Division, Hiring Landi From Everest Re

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker NFP and homeowners’ insurer, Openly. A summary of these new hires follows here. NFP Appoints Markel’s Horsman as Head of Canadian National Broking NFP, the New York City-based property/casualty …

3 06, 2022

Owners of Cars With Emissions ‘Defeat Devices’ Can Claim Damages: EU Court Adviser

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BRUSSELS – Owners of vehicles equipped with so-called defeat devices have a right to compensation from the vehicle manufacturer, an adviser to the top EU court said on Thursday in a case brought against Mercedes-Benz. Defeat devices are mechanisms or …

3 06, 2022

Vermont Captive Insurance Law Changes Include Green Light on Parametric Contracts

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Governor Phil Scott recently signed legislation (H.515) into law modernizing Vermont’s captive insurance statutes, including giving captive insurance companies authority to enter into parametric risk transfer contracts. Other law changes are aimed at simplifying reporting requirements, improving solvency procedures for …

3 06, 2022

Starkweather & Shepley Acquires Connecticut’s Ferman Group

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Rhode Island-based Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage (S&S) reports it has acquired Ferman Group, an East Hartford, Connecticut employee benefits agency serving mid-sized businesses in New England. Geoff Ferman, president of Ferman Group, said the deal gives his firm a …

3 06, 2022

Pro Golfer Killed in Florida Car Accident

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Professional golfer Bart Bryant, who once beat Tiger Woods by six shots to collect the biggest paycheck of his career, was killed when a truck slammed into his SUV while he was stopped in a line of vehicles on a …

3 06, 2022

Tennessee Supreme Court Hears Coal-Ash Workers’ Arguments

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Tennessee Supreme Court justices fired numerous questions Wednesday at a company that is challenging lawsuits alleging its workers were sickened or died after cleaning up the nation’s worst coal ash spill, which happened more than a decade ago. Oral arguments …

3 06, 2022

7.9% Average Rate Increase for North Carolina Homeowners Kicks in This Week

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Starting this week, North Carolina homeowners will see insurance premiums rise by an average of almost 8% for new and renewing policies, after a negotiated rate increase took effect June 1. The North Carolina Rate Bureau had proposed a 24.5% …

3 06, 2022

GM’s Cruise Wins First California Permit To Carry Paying Riders In Driverless Cars

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General Motors Co.’s GM.N Cruise on Thursday became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco, after it overcame objections by city officials. Self-driving test cars with human safety drivers have become …

3 06, 2022

California Highway Patrol Settlement for $4M Over Slaying-Suicide

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The California Highway Patrol has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle a lawsuit that said the agency was responsible for an officer who killed his estranged wife, wounded her lover and then killed himself in 2018. The CHP …