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3 11, 2020

Houston’s HIIG Expands D&O Coverage for Public Companies; Adds Top Talent

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Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) is expanding its management liability coverage offerings to include an excess public D&O (directors and officers) product. As part of this expansion, Peter Bujosa has joined the company as Public D&O lead. Bujosa previously …

3 11, 2020

Starr Insurance Renews Partnership with Georgia State’s Institute for Insight

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Starr Insurance Companies, a global insurance and financial services organization, has renewed its partnership with the Institute for Insight, a unit of Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business that brings together students, faculty and other partners to how identify …

3 11, 2020

Hurricane Zeta Insured Loss Estimates Range from $1.5B to More than $4B

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Insured losses from Hurricane Zeta — the fifth named storm to make landfall in Louisiana and the third hurricane to hit the state in the span of two months — will likely come in somewhere between $1.5 billion and $4.4 …

3 11, 2020

Investigation Into North Carolina Community College Cyberattack Ongoing

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A data breach at a North Carolina community college may have affected many of its current and former students. The Greensboro News & Records reported last week that Guilford Technical Community College was hit with a ransomware cyberattack in mid-September. …

3 11, 2020

Power Outages from Zeta Impact Parts of the Southeast

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Gusty winds buffeted western North Carolina on Sunday on the heels of Tropical Storm Zeta, leaving more than 11,000 utility customers without power, officials said. The National Weather Service posted a wind advisory for Asheville and other communities as gusts …

3 11, 2020

Starr’s Marine Division Launches Terminal Management System Loss Control Program

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Starr Marine, a division of Starr Insurance Companies, has introduced a Terminal Management System (TMS) Assessment Program, designed to help Starr clients identify and reduce the risks unique to marine terminal operations of all sizes. The TMS program, developed in …

3 11, 2020

California Insurance Co. Hits Commissioner with Anti-SLAPP Motion

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California Insurance Co. has filed an “Anti-SLAPP” motion the company says is to protect its First Amendment rights in its ongoing legal battle with the California Department of Insurance and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. Anti-SLAPP laws (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public …

4 11, 2020

McGowan Allied Specialty Insurance Hires Boyd as Underwriting Manager in Florida

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McGowan Allied Specialty Insurance (MASI), a provider of commercial insurance products to the amusement industry, has announced the hiring of Joe K. Boyd as an Underwriting manager. In his new role with MASI, Boyd will be responsible for managing a …

4 11, 2020

Former NYPD Officer Ordered to Pay $1M Over Tennessee Break-In

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A federal judge has ordered a former New York City police officer to pay $1 million to a Black woman whose house the white officer broke into during a drunken bachelor party in Nashville, Tennessee before he threatened her family …

4 11, 2020

Hippo in California Adds Wijnberg to Board as Independent Director

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Palo Alto, Calif.-based insurtech Hippo has named Sandra Wijnberg to its board as an independent director. Wijnberg has experience in insurance, private equity and board governance. She currently serves as audit committee chair of Automatic Data Processing Inc. and Cognizant …