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4 11, 2020

Texas Urging Safety as 20 Year Anniversary of Daily Traffic Deaths Nears

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Texas will soon reach its 20th year of daily deaths on its roadways, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. On Nov. 7 Texas will mark the loss of more than 70,000 innocent lives to preventable fatal crashes during the …

3 11, 2020

California Voters Deciding Fate of Gig Economy Workers

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Trend-setting California votes on the future of the gig economy on Tuesday, deciding whether to back a ballot proposal by Uber and its allies that would cement app-based food delivery and ride-hail drivers’ status as independent contractors, not employees. The …

3 11, 2020

CRC Group Acquires W. Brown & Associates in California

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CRC Group has completed its acquisition of W. Brown & Associates Property & Casualty, an Irvine, Calif. -based surplus lines broker and MGA. Brown & Associates will be part of CRC Group’s Commercial Solutions Division. W. Brown & Associates Aviation …

3 11, 2020

Ant Group’s $37 Billion IPO Is Suspended

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Ant Group’s $37 billion listing has been suspended in both Shanghai and Hong Kong in a dramatic move just two days before what was set to be the world’s largest-ever stock market debut. The Shanghai stock exchange first announced that …

3 11, 2020

Swedish Insurer Folksam Accidentally Leaks Private Data on 1 Million Customers

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Sweden’s largest insurer, Folksam, accidentally leaked private data on about one million of its customers to a handful of the world’s largest technology companies, it said on Tuesday. Folksam, which insures 50% of Swedish homes and individuals, shared the data …

3 11, 2020

U.S. Cities Prepare for Possible Election Unrest

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Temporary extra fencing has been erected around the White House, plywood affixed to storefronts in Manhattan and the National Guard put on notice in Portland, Oregon, as U.S. cities braced for possible unrest on election day. “We don’t see specific …

3 11, 2020

Houston’s HIIG Expands D&O Coverage for Public Companies; Adds Top Talent

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Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) is expanding its management liability coverage offerings to include an excess public D&O (directors and officers) product. As part of this expansion, Peter Bujosa has joined the company as Public D&O lead. Bujosa previously …

3 11, 2020

Bayer Fails to Settle U.S. Roundup Lawsuits, Risking Restart of Federal Trials

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Bayer AG failed to settle outstanding U.S. Roundup lawsuits by Monday, the deadline set by a judge who has said he’ll resume federal trials over claims the weedkiller caused consumers’ cancer. Ahead of its release of an earnings statement Tuesday, …

3 11, 2020

Starr Insurance Renews Partnership with Georgia State’s Institute for Insight

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Starr Insurance Companies, a global insurance and financial services organization, has renewed its partnership with the Institute for Insight, a unit of Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business that brings together students, faculty and other partners to how identify …

3 11, 2020

Hurricane Zeta Insured Loss Estimates Range from $1.5B to More than $4B

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Insured losses from Hurricane Zeta — the fifth named storm to make landfall in Louisiana and the third hurricane to hit the state in the span of two months — will likely come in somewhere between $1.5 billion and $4.4 …