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8 10, 2020

Top 10 Reasons P/C Insurers Run Afoul of Regulators’ Market Conduct Exams

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Claims errors continue to be the most frequent reason that property/casualty insurers are cited by regulators when responding to market conduct complaints or during routine examinations, according to a report by Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions. Kathy Donovan, lead researcher for …

7 10, 2020

Children of Deceased Tyson Worker in Iowa Allege Lax COVID-19 Safety

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The children of a Tyson Foods worker who died of the coronavirus in April have filed a lawsuit claiming his plant took few safety precautions before he and others became infected in Iowa’s first major outbreak. Pedro Cano, 51, worked …

12 10, 2020

Munich Re Specialty Launches E&O Covearge for Mid-Sized Law Firms

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Munich Re Specialty Insurance has launched a lawyers professional liability (LPL) insurance product, an errors and omissions policy specially designed for mid-size law firms. The LPL policy provides up to $5 million in primary or excess liability coverage for errors …

8 10, 2020

NTSB Urged to Send Investigator to Scene of Fatal Plane Crash

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Two members of Congress from New York called on the National Transportation Safety Board to reverse its decision not to send an investigator to the scene of a small plane crash that killed a prominent attorney and his niece. Reps. …

9 10, 2020

Firms’ Employee Benefit Offerings Reflect Pandemic-Reshuffled Priorities

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During the past year, there is a good chance that you and your priorities changed significantly. The things you used to think were important are not so important anymore. And issues you did not even think about before are suddenly …

9 10, 2020

Employees Say Rules at Britain’s Banks Block Use of Contact Tracing App

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Branch staff at some of Britain’s biggest banks say rules that require them to store phones in lockers while at work are putting them at undue risk of COVID-19 from colleagues and customers, as they cannot use the country’s tracing …

12 10, 2020

Lockton Global Marine Adds Lochridge, Byrne in Florida

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Lockton Global Marine has added Kyle Lochridge and Jake Byrne as vice presidents and account executives. They are based in South Florida. Lochridge has over 13 years of experience in marine insurance with a focus on blue water risks and …

7 10, 2020

Lawsuit: Omaha Police Used Excessive Force at Protests

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A lawsuit accuses Omaha police of using excessive force when they responded to protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Nebraska’s largest city earlier this year. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska filed a federal lawsuit on Oct. …

8 10, 2020

Digital E&S Insurance Broker Pathpoint Makes Its Debut

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Pathpoint, a new brokerage for excess and surplus lines, is billing itself as an all-digital wholesale brokerage built from the ground up. Pathpoint is licensed across the U.S. and is a coverholder at Lloyd’s of London. It distributes admitted and …

7 10, 2020

NFP Acquires Santa Maria & Co. in California

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NFP has acquired Santa Maria & Co. in Walnut Creek, Calif. Craig Santa Maria, a principal and cofounder of the firm, will join NFP as a senior vice president and report to Doug Turk, regional managing director of NFP’s West …