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11 10, 2020

Returning After Hurricane Delta, Louisiana Evacuees Face Power Outages, Extreme Heat

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10/11/2020 06:21 PM— Storm-weary coastal Louisiana residents who fled from the path of Hurricane Delta in recent days streamed back to their homes on Sunday to face cleanup and repairs from the second hurricane to batter their state over the …

7 10, 2020

German Lawmakers Agree to Corporate Accounting Reforms After Wirecard Scandal

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Germany’s coalition parties have agreed a package of reforms to financial and accounting rules aimed at avoiding another Wirecard scandal, a document seen by Reuters shows. Lawmakers launched a parliamentary inquiry in an effort to force the government to reveal …

7 10, 2020

The MEMIC Group Appoints Nash as Underwriter for Carolinas

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Sealy Nash of Charlotte, N.C. has been appointed as a senior production underwriter at The MEMIC Group, a specialty workers’ compensation insurance company serving the Eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine. She will report to Tod Austin, president of MEMIC’s …

7 10, 2020

HIIG in Houston Hires Rollins as Director of Underwriting, Property

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Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) has hired Jason Rollins to join its Commercial Property group as director of Underwriting. Rollins has 20 years of experience building highly profitable property books. He previously was the head property underwriter at International …

7 10, 2020

Metal Recycler Fined $2.7M for Improper Disposal of Waste

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A metal recycler has been fined nearly $3 million for improperly disposing of hazardous waste on its site, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said. The $2.7 million fine is the largest the state has issued for a hazardous waste …

6 10, 2020

Holicky, Holloway Join DOXA Insurance in Indiana

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DOXA Insurance Holdings, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has added Stu Holloway as vice president and southeastern region sales director and Bernie Holicky as vice president and central region sales director Holloway’s specialties include customized insurance solutions for select niche markets …

5 10, 2020

California Workers’ Comp Premium for First Two Quarters of 2020 Down 11%

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Written workers’ compensation premium in California for the first two quarters of 2020 was 11% below that for the first two quarters of 2019, according to a new report out. The Worker’s Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its …

5 10, 2020

Wholesale Trading Insurance Services Acquires Landmark E&S in California

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Wholesale Trading Insurance Services LLC and its parent company, Jencap, LLC, have agreed to acquire privately held Landmark E&S Insurance Brokers LLC, an Anaheim, Calif. based specialty wholesale brokerage firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jencap is part …

5 10, 2020

Judge Tosses Case Over Texas Chemical Plant Fire During Harvey

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A judge has dismissed the criminal case against a chemical manufacturer and one of its former employees over a fire at its plant near Houston during Hurricane Harvey, saying prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence to support the charges. A …

5 10, 2020

Woman Shot in Back in Missouri Gets $2M Settlement

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A St. Louis, Mo., suburb has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a federal lawsuit with a suspected shoplifter who was shot in the back by a police officer who said she intended to use her stun gun but …