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20 11, 2025

Malaysia Enters Mediation With Baer on $112 Million 1MDB Suit

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Malaysia said it’s entered mediation talks with Julius Baer Group Ltd. in a bid to settle a $112 million lawsuit filed against the Swiss bank by a unit of the failed 1MDB development fund. SRC International (Malaysia) Ltd. sued the …

21 11, 2025

P/C Insurer Rankings Down Overall on Higher Costs, Changing Customer Expectations

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Rising costs and changing customer expectations are driving satisfaction in the insurance and mortgage industry, according to an American Customer Satisfaction Index study. Among the four industries studied — health insurance, life insurance, property and casualty insurance (P/C), and mortgage …

24 11, 2025

As Infant Botulism Cases Climb to 31, Recalled ByHeart Formula Remains on Shelves

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As cases of potentially deadly botulism in babies who drank ByHeart infant formula continue to grow, state officials say they are still finding the recalled product on some store shelves. Meanwhile the company reported late Wednesday that laboratory tests confirmed …

24 11, 2025

Former AIG, BHSI, Lloyd’s Executive Tom Bolt Dies

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Well respected insurance veteran Tom Bolt has died, one of his former employers announced on Friday. “Tom was a highly accomplished insurance executive, who was deeply respected and widely admired in the global business community,” American International Group (AIG) said …

21 11, 2025

People Moves: Skyward Specialty Promotes Burkhart to President, U.S. Property & Casualty

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Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, promoted John Burkhart to president, U.S. property & casualty, Skyward Specialty Insurance. In this expanded role, Burkhart will assume oversight of the Company’s captives & specialty programs divisions in addition to …

21 11, 2025

Viewpoint: Sins of Policy Interpretation. A Call to Repentance

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Written words have an intended meaning. Fair-minded readers try to grasp that meaning. But other readers impute motives to the writer either to serve their own ends or to protect the writer from unforeseen consequences. Once, early in my career, …

24 11, 2025

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Mais Retires; Hershman Eyed as Successor

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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais will be retiring from state service effective November 28, 2025 after six years of service in the role. Additionally, the governor announced that he is nominating Josh Hershman …

21 11, 2025

People Moves: Encova Insurance Adds Palumbo to Board of Directors

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Encova Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, named Corey Palumbo to their board of directors. Palumbo is an attorney with Bowles Rice in Charleston, West Virginia, where his primary practice areas include energy litigation, deliberate intent and general civil litigation. Palumbo …

21 11, 2025

Ohio’s FirstEnergy Ordered to Pay More Than $250M for Bribery Scheme

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Ohio utility regulators ordered Akron-based FirstEnergy on Wednesday to pay more than $250 million in fines and refunds as a result of its misconduct in a sweeping Statehouse bribery scandal whose fallout continues five years on. The punishment meted out …

24 11, 2025

New Hampshire Supreme Court takes up disputed verdict in landmark youth center abuse case

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New Hampshire Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments Thursday about the disputed verdict in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at the state’s youth detention center, questioning whether their decision could bankrupt the state or essentially let it off the hook. …