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22 05, 2020

Coalition Launches Cyber Insurance and Security Coverage in Canada

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Coalition, the cyber insurance and security managing general agent, announced it is offering its products and services to Canada-based businesses. The San Francisco-based company described the offering as proactive cyber-security products and services as well as cyber and technology error …

22 05, 2020

French Court Orders AXA to Pay Restaurant’s COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses

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A Paris commercial court has ruled that French insurer AXA will have to pay a restaurant owner two months’ worth of coronavirus-related revenue losses, the restaurant’s lawyer said on Friday. Stephane Manigold, who owns four restaurants in Paris, had filed …

22 05, 2020

Texas Agency Sleeper Sewell Insurance Joins Insurors Group

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Dallas-based independent insurance agency, Sleeper Sewell Insurance, has joined Insurors Group LLC, an alliance of independent insurance agents in Texas. Sleeper Sewell Insurance was originally founded as Dwight Sleeper & Company in 1962 by Dwight W. Sleeper, Jr. In 2006, …

22 05, 2020

Workers Worry Over Enforcement of Meatpacking Plant Safety Recommendations

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Federal recommendations meant to keep meatpacking workers safe as they return to plants that were shuttered by the coronavirus have little enforcement muscle behind them, fueling anxiety that working conditions could put employees’ lives at risk. Extensive guidance issued last …

22 05, 2020

GOP Questions North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Candidate’s Eligibility

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The North Dakota Republican Party is questioning the eligibility of the Democratic candidate for state insurance commissioner, alleging she hasn’t lived in the state long enough to run for statewide office. In a letter to the Secretary of State’s office, …

22 05, 2020

Texas Insurer Germania Extending Auto Premium Paybacks Through June

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Texas-based farm mutual insurance company, Germania Insurance, is extending its Reduced Driving Payback through June, raising its total reimbursement to policyholders to nearly $9 million in credits. Germania announced its Reduced Driving Payback program in April for personal auto policyholders. …

22 05, 2020

Bill Would Expand Louisiana’s Medical Marijuana Program

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State lawmakers are poised to greatly expand Louisiana’s medical marijuana to make more people eligible for the treatment, under a bill that continued on May 20 to speed toward final passage. The proposal from Rep. Larry Bagley, the Republican chairman …

22 05, 2020

2 Construction Workers Killed in Mississippi Trench Collapse

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Rocks crushed two workers to death in a trench collapse at the site of town homes under construction in Mississippi. The workers were in the trench laying pipe for sewer lines when it collapsed Tuesday morning, Starkville Fire Chief Charles …

22 05, 2020

Judge: Ohio Hospital, Insurer Need Not Fund Doc’s Murder Case Defense

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A Michigan-based health system and its insurer don’t have to cover the costs of an Ohio doctor’s defense against murder charges in the deaths of 25 hospital patients, a federal judge ruled. William Husel is accused of ordering excessive painkillers …

22 05, 2020

Chemours Won’t Face Federal Charges Over North Carolina GenX Contamination

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Federal prosecutors have declined to pursue criminal charges against a chemical company that for years discharged compounds with health risks that aren’t fully understood into a North Carolina river, the company disclosed. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Environmental Natural …