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17 05, 2021

Meetings to Be Held on Status of PFAS Chemicals in New Hampshire Communities

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Meetings will be held online for three southern New Hampshire communities to give the public updates on the status of chemicals found in the water, the Department of Environmental Services said. The meetings are scheduled for Litchfield on May 17, …

17 05, 2021

Ex-Bank Official in Massachusetts Gets Year in Prison for $1.5M Embezzlement

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A former Bank of America manager who pleaded guilty to embezzling $1.5 million from a company that did business with the bank and using some of the money to buy a luxury Porsche SUV has been sentenced to a year …

17 05, 2021

Oregon Landowner Suit Seeks $103M from Public Utilities for Wildfire

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A lawsuit filed on behalf of 70 landowners in Oregon’s McKenzie River Valley seeks $103 million from Lane Electric Cooperative and Eugene Water and Electric Board for damages linked to one of the Labor Day fires that ravaged communities around …

17 05, 2021

1K L.A. Residents Under Ordered to Evacuate in Wildfire

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About 1,000 Los Angeles residents were evacuation orders on Monday as firefighters protected canyon homes from a smoky wildfire that churned through vegetation that hasn’t burned in half a century. The cause of the fire in steep, inaccessible terrain near …

17 05, 2021

Law Firms and Their Insurers Feel the Pain of Bigger Malpractice Claims

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Even as law firms made adjustments to sustain their operations through the COVID-19 pandemic, they were unable to avoid the rising costs of malpractice claims. Indeed, the time period beginning in 2019 through mid-2020 marked the worst two years on …

17 05, 2021

People Moves: Hannover Re’s Bruns to Peak Re; AIG’s Nagra to BHSI; 4 Mosaic Hires

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This wrap-up of international People Moves details recent appointments at Peak Reinsurance, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and the new Bermuda-based insurer Mosaic. A summary of these new hires follows here. Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd., the Hong Kong-based global reinsurer, announced …

14 05, 2021

Zywave Buys Workers’ Comp Software Firm Modgic

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Insurance technology provider Zywave has acquired Modgic, an Oregon-based provider of workers’ compensation and experience modification analysis software for the commercial insurance industry. Financial terms were not disclosed. Zywave, based in Wisconsin, said the combination will help strengthen its market …

13 05, 2021

NJM Insurance Adds BOP, Commercial Excess, Umbrella Coverage in New Jersey

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NJM Insurance Group is now writing businessowners policies and corresponding excess and umbrella policies in New Jersey. The ProEdge Businessowners Policy provides protection for property and liability risks associated with small businesses. NJM’s commercial excess and umbrella policy can expand …

14 05, 2021

Danish Lawmakers Eye New Probe of 1990 Ferry Disaster, with Insurance Focus

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to set up a task force to look into a 1990 ferry fire that killed 159 people, which could lead to a new police investigation into one of Scandinavia’s worst peacetime maritime disasters. …

13 05, 2021

Lightning Sends Chunk of Highway Through Truck in Florida

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A lightning strike in Florida launched a chunk of highway pavement through a truck windshield and injured two people inside the vehicle on Monday morning, according to fire officials. The Walton County Fire Rescue responded to the accident on Interstate …