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23 09, 2020

Shopify Customer Data Likely Exposed by 2 Employees Attempting to Steal Records

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Shopify Inc. said on Tuesday data of customers who shopped at fewer than 200 merchants listed on the company’s e-commerce platform was likely exposed after two employees tried to steal transaction records. The data exposed includes email, name, and address, …

23 09, 2020

Lockton Pacific Promotes Hostovich and Barnes in California

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Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC, the Pacific region of global insurance broker Lockton Cos., has named Teena Hostovich vice chair of Lockton Pacific and Greg Barnes president of Greater Los Angeles. Barnes and Hostovich are based in Lockton’s Los Angeles office. …

23 09, 2020

Texas Auto Insurance Plan Association Requests 4.8% Commercial Rate Hike

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The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) has filed a request with the Texas Department of Insurance to charge new insurance rates for commercial automobiles. The filed rates represent a 4.8% increase in commercial automobile rates. TAIPA proposed an effective …

23 09, 2020

Catastrophe Losses Driven Higher by Secondary Perils – And Climate Change

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Secondary perils, exacerbated by climate change, are driving catastrophe insurance losses, warn a growing chorus of reinsurers and brokers. Indeed, broker Aon reveals that more than 60% of 2020’s insured catastrophe losses of $54 billion have been caused by secondary …

23 09, 2020

Independent Brokers Will Remain Competitive by Adding Value to the Value Chain

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The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for brokers to add value to the insurance transaction, according to Toby Esser, chairman of AFL Insurance Brokers, a London-based independent broker. Indeed, Esser said, the COVID-19-related coverage disputes involving business interruption pandemic …

23 09, 2020

Texas’ Blue Bell Creameries to Pay $17.25M in Penalties for Listeria Contamination

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Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries L.P. has been ordered to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for shipments of contaminated ice cream products linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak, according to the U.S. Justice Department/ Blue Bell pleaded guilty in May …

23 09, 2020

Insurer Impact from Sally Expected to be Moderate; Losses Estimated at $1B to $3B

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Insured losses from Hurricane Sally could reach as much as $3 billion, according to catastrophe modelers, but ratings agency Moody’s expects a moderate impact on property & casualty insurers and reinsurers. “Because Sally appears to be primarily a flood event, …

23 09, 2020

Florida OKs Emergency Adjusters, Brings In Fraud Strike Teams for Sally Recovery

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The Florida Department of Financial Services has deployed its Disaster Fraud Action Strike Team (DFAST) to the Florida Panhandle, as well as activated the state’s emergency adjuster license system to assist with recovery efforts from Hurricane Sally. According to a …

22 09, 2020

Davies Acquires Massachusetts’ TriPlus Service in North American Expansion

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Davies, a specialist professional services and technology business, has acquired TriPlus Service Inc, a long-term care insurance third party administrator (TPA) based in Massachusetts. TriPlus provides its long-term care carrier clients with claims and policy administration management solutions as well …

22 09, 2020

Three Suffer Minor Injuries When New York City Subway Hits Debris and Derails

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Three passengers suffered minor injuries Sunday when a New York City subway train derailed after hitting construction debris that had been thrown onto the tracks, authorities said. The derailment happened at about 8:15 a.m. at the 14th Street and Eighth …