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12 10, 2020

New Jersey Urges Vigilance as Data Breaches, Online Threats Rise During Pandemic

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As October’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is underway, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal warned residents of the state that data breaches, internet fraud and online threats are on the rise. With New Jersey residents facing a rise in …

8 10, 2020

Washington Commissioner’s Climate Summit Highlighted Area, Global Vulnerabilities

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“The insurance buying public wants to know that insurance is going to be available and affordable to them when they need it.” That was the take-home message from Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, who hosted a half-day virtual summit on …

9 10, 2020

China’s Ping An-Backed Lufax Files for $3 Billion U.S. IPO

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Lufax Holding Ltd., one of China’s largest online wealth management platforms, on Wednesday filed to list its shares in the United States, the latest company looking to take advantage of a rebound in capital markets. Lufax, backed by financial giant …

7 10, 2020

Markel Consolidates Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Business Under Nephila

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Markel Corp. said it is creating one center for all of its global property catastrophe (CAT) reinsurance business by closing its Markel Global Reinsurance property CAT unit and having Nephila become Markel’s single point of entry for serving the property …

12 10, 2020

50 Years at the Helm of Insurance Journal

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Entrepreneur, innovator, oenophile, insurance industry icon, all around great guy. That’s Mark Wells, the force behind Insurance Journal and Wells Media Group, who this year is celebrating his 50thanniversary in insurance industry publishing. There have been plenty of challenges at …

8 10, 2020

Hurricane Delta Intensifies; Louisiana Braces for Rains, Storm Surge

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Louisiana steeled itself on Thursday for another in a record-breaking series of violent storms as Hurricane Delta took aim at a corner of the state still recovering from the last storm. Delta’s size grew and its winds intensified over the …

9 10, 2020

Missouri Marina Fire Leaves 1 Injured, Nearly 200 Boats Damaged

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A massive fire at an eastern Missouri marina destroyed or damaged nearly 200 boats and left at least one person injured, authorities there said. The fire broke out Wednesday at the Woodland Marina along the Mississippi River in St. Charles …

9 10, 2020

U.S. Sues Yale University Claiming Illegal Favoritism for Blacks, Hispanics in Admissions

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Yale University was sued by the U.S. Department of Justice, which claims the Ivy League school illegally discriminates against White and Asian-American applicants in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Hispanic ones. The lawsuit appears to be a part of …

12 10, 2020

Team Investigating Deadly California Wildfire Seizes PG&E Equipment

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Fire investigators looking into what caused a wildfire that killed four people in far Northern California have taken possession of equipment belonging to Pacific Gas and Electric, the utility has reported. PG&E said in a filing Friday with the Public …

7 10, 2020

House Antitrust Panel Blasts Big 4 Internet Firms for Abuses; Seeks Reforms, Separations

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A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used “killer acquisitions” to smite rivals, charged exorbitant fees and forced small businesses into “oppressive” contracts in the name of profit. …