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29 09, 2020

CAC Specialty Adds Martin, Flynn, Kasperkowiak to M&A Solutions Group

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CAC Specialty has made several new hires to its M&A Solutions Group. Cameron Martin and Katie Flynn have been named senior vice presidents to the M&A Solutions Group, and Erica Kasperkowiak was named senior vice president of the newly created …

29 09, 2020

Florida Supreme Court Caps High School Shooting Liability at $300K

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The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a school district can’t be forced to pay more than $300,000 total to the victims or their families in the Parkland high school massacre that left 17 people dead and another 17 wounded. …

28 09, 2020

Mississippi Receives $23M in Federal Funds for Flood Relief

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Mississippi has received nearly $23 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to repair federal roadways that were damaged by severe flooding. U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the five Federal Highway Administration awards on Thursday, according …

28 09, 2020

Florida Peninsula Promotes Gonzalez to Director of Agency Support

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The Florida Peninsula Insurance family of companies, which includes Edison Insurance Co., has promoted Mariella Gonzalez to director of Agency Support. In addition to her current role as director of Community Involvement, Gonzalez will now oversee all agent support functions …

28 09, 2020

Beazley Expands Life Sciences Insurance Offering in UK

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Specialist insurer Beazley has enhanced its life sciences insurance offering in the UK with the launch of a new policy designed to protect the sector’s small and start-up research & development-focused organizations. This follows the UK launch of Beazley’s internationally …

28 09, 2020

Munich Re Subsidiary NewRe Names Braune as CEO, Succeeding Strasser

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New Reinsurance Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Munich Re, announced that its board of directors appointed Dr. Thomas Braune as its new chief executive officer. Braune will assume his new role on Oct. 1, 2020, succeeding Dr. Renate …

28 09, 2020

Major U.S. Tech Firms Look to Be Ignoring Europe’s Data Privacy Rules

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Technology firms’ compliance with European restrictions on transatlantic data transfers is shockingly poor, Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems said on Monday, publishing a survey of companies including Facebook and Netflix. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled …

28 09, 2020

Police Say Connecticut Workplace Shooter Extradited, Charged with Assault

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A truck driver accused of shooting his boss and wounding another person outside a Connecticut industrial building was charged Wednesday with assault and other crimes after being brought back from Massachusetts, where police arrested him at gunpoint on a highway. …

28 09, 2020

SterlingRisk Insurance Promotes DelPrete to Chief Marketing Officer

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SterlingRisk Insurance, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based, independently owned insurance brokerage, has promoted Geraldine DelPrete to chief marketing officer. According to SterlingRisk CEO David Sterling, DelPrete will oversee the strategy for all carriers across all SterlingRisk platforms, including large commercial and select, …

28 09, 2020

Massachusetts Law Firm Sued by Attorney General Over Illegal Kickback Scheme

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has filed a lawsuit alleging a Massachusetts law firm accepted tens of thousands of dollars in illegal kickbacks from a pharmacy in exchange for referring hundreds of its personal injury clients to the pharmacy. In …