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6 07, 2015

PartnerRe’s Ex-CEO: Shareholders Should Vote Against AXIS Merger Plan

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PartnerRe Ltd.’s former Chief Executive Officer Patrick Thiele said the reinsurer’s shareholders should vote against a planned merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and called the cash offer from Italy’s EXOR SpA a better option. A combination with AXIS would …

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6 07, 2015

Missouri Settles with American Modern Insurance over Excessive Rates

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The Missouri Department of Insurance announced a regulatory agreement with American Modern Insurance Group Inc. over allegations that the company charged excessive rates in lender placed homeowners policies. Missouri regulators participated in a multistate market conduct action of American Modern …

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6 07, 2015

Redpoint Insurance Acquires Texas’ Safeway County Mutual

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Redpoint Insurance Group LLC has acquired Safeway County Mutual Insurance Co. in Dallas, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Safeway County Mutual Insurance will operate under the name Redpoint County Mutual Insurance Co. Redpoint County Mutual will specialize …

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6 07, 2015

Tractor-Trailer Hitches Being Investigated After Ohio Crash

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On a twisty, snow-lined hill that the locals call “Devil’s Backbone,” a 12-ton semi-trailer came loose from its tractor and plowed into an oncoming line of pre-dawn commuters. At 40 miles per hour, the trailer struck the side of one …

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6 07, 2015

Officials Discover Heavy Equipment Theft Ring in 6 South Carolina Counties

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One man has been jailed and another is being sought as county officials in Florence and Clarendon, South Carolina say they’ve discovered a heavy equipment theft ring that operated in six counties. The Morning News of Florence reported that 31-year-old …

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6 07, 2015

Report: Arson Rarely the Cause of Southern Church Fires

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As social media buzzed about church fires in the South, investigators said July 2 that weather caused a destructive blaze at a predominantly black church in South Carolina. The State Law Enforcement Division said in a statement that investigators found …

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5 07, 2015

Nationwide to Pay West Virginia $5.75M in Farm Bureau Discount Suit

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Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has reached a $5.75 million settlement with Nationwide Insurance regarding a discount on certain insurance products for West Virginia Farm Bureau members. Morrisey announced the settlement July 2. Former Attorney General Darrell McGraw filed the lawsuit …

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5 07, 2015

BP Settlement Doesn’t Cover Claims by Insurers, Banks, Casinos and Others

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BP Plc’s record $18.7 billion settlement ended government claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, leaving numerous smaller private lawsuits to be mopped up. While investors, residents and businesses that didn’t join a 2012 settlement still demand billions, …

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5 07, 2015

Regulatory Review of Aetna’s Humana Deal Could Affect Other Insurer Deals

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Aetna Inc.’s $37 billion deal to buy smaller health insurer Humana Inc. will face rigorous scrutiny from U.S. regulators, which antitrust experts said could also make other large-scale mergers in the sector more difficult. The Aetna-Humana tie-up would be the …

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2 07, 2015

Spate of Climate Change Reports Ahead of Global Summit

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Ahead of December’s big and much-talked about United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21 or CMP11, it seems there’s been an information ramp up of sorts. I’m not just talking about Pope Francis’ crusade to call attention to climate change – he most recently said …

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