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10 11, 2020

Grand Jury Indicts New Orleans Attorney in Staged Accident Probe

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A New Orleans personal injury attorney has been indicted in connection with a widespread probe in to a series of staged accidents in Louisiana between personal and commercial vehicles. United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser said Danny Patrick Keating, Jr., …

10 11, 2020

MJ Insurance Adds Heard as Employee Benefits Analyst

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MJ Insurance, based in Indianapolis, is expanding its Health Risk Management + Analytics department with the addition of employee benefits analyst, Andrew Hearn. Hearn comes to MJ from Levy Restaurants, where he served as a people strategy analyst. In this …

10 11, 2020

Mississippi Voters Approve Statewide Medical Marijuana Program

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The Mississippi Department of Health has been working around the clock to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the agency will be responsible for starting a statewide medical marijuana program within the next nine months. Uncertified election results show 74% …

9 11, 2020

English Court Blocks $6.6B Brazil Lawsuit Against Mining Firm BHP Over Burst Dam

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A 5.0 billion pound ($6.6 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has been struck out, in a blow to a 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group seeking damages after a devastating dam failure in 2015. A High Court judge in …

9 11, 2020

Private Equity Firm Cinven and Singapore’s GIC to Buy Specialist Insurance Broker Miller

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Private equity firm Cinven and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, have agreed to acquire London-based specialist insurance and (re)insurance broker Miller from its partners and corporate member, Willis Towers Watson. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction …

9 11, 2020

Judge Dismisses Defamation Claim Against Bezos Over National Enquirer Photos

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Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos won’t have to go to trial in a defamation lawsuit his girlfriend’s brother brought against him over nude photos of Bezos leaked to the National Enquirer. A California state judge, who had issued a tentative …

9 11, 2020

Hit to Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance from 2020 Storms Limited to $35M

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Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens), the state’s insurer of last resort, will take only a $35 million financial hit from the 2020 hurricane season because of its reinsurance program, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The LDI reported …

9 11, 2020

Iowa Insurance Claims from August Derecho Top $1.6B

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As of Nov. 2, 2020, more than 200,000 claims arising from the Aug. 10 derecho windstorm have been reported in Iowa, insurance regulators say. Of those, nearly 160,000 claims totaling more than $1.6 billion have been paid already. Insurance companies …

9 11, 2020

BRP Group’s BKS Partners to Acquire Houston’s Insgroup

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BRP Group Inc. subsidiary, Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners LLC (BKS Partners), has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Insgroup Inc. a Houston, Texas-based provider of commercial property/casualty insurance, employee benefits, private risk services …

9 11, 2020

UPI News Photographer Sued by Gun-Waving St. Louis Couple

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A St. Louis couple facing felony charges for waving guns at racial injustice protesters who marched near their home allege in a lawsuit that a news photographer trespassed to capture an image of the confrontation. Mark and Patricia McCloskey, lawyers …