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20 05, 2020

Wisconsin’s M3 Insurance Joins TechAssure

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TechAssure, an international nonprofit association of insurance and risk management experts for technology-related risks, has named Madison, Wisconsin-based M3 Insurance as a new member. A top 50 insurance broker and risk management firm, M3 employs more than 300 people from …

20 05, 2020

For Third Point Re, COVID-19 Crisis Hurts, but It Celebrates 1st Underwriting Profit

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Third Point Re reported a net loss of $183.6 million for the first quarter of 2020 due to COVID-19-related investment volatility – but the company still had big reasons to celebrate. For the first time since its inception in October …

20 05, 2020

Brexit Talks Become Acrimonious as UK Slams EU’s ‘Unworthy’ Trade Offer

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Boris Johnson’s chief Brexit negotiator accused the European Union of offering the UK only a “low-quality” trade deal as talks between the two sides descended into acrimony. In a dramatic intervention in the increasingly fractious negotiations over the future UK-EU …

19 05, 2020

Car Crashes into Closed Pennsylvania Convenience Store

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A car slammed into a convenience store in western Pennsylvania, killing one woman and injuring two others, authorities said. The car was traveling down Dwellington Drive in Middlesex Township when it crashed into a closed store at the CoGo’s at …

19 05, 2020

How Coronavirus Has Affected Auto Insurance Shopping

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This year began with auto insurance buyers shopping around more than ever but by mid-March shopping began to slow down before returning to normal a few weeks later. According to the data firm LexisNexis, shopping has closely mirrored other pandemic …

19 05, 2020

P/C Insurers Back a Federal Pandemic Loss Fund But Not a Backstop Like TRIA

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Property/casualty insurance carrier groups are developing a proposal for a federal program to replace revenues lost by businesses shut down during pandemics like COVID-19, but their program won’t be modeled after the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act as some have urged. …

19 05, 2020

Show Them the Money: Cyber Attackers Desire Financial Gain More Than Espionage

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Money trumped spying as the top motivator for data breaches last year, according to Verizon’s annual report on cyber crimes published on Tuesday. About nine out of 10 breaches were financially motivated, based on an examination of more than 32,000 …

19 05, 2020

Investigators Open Probe into Los Angeles Explosion

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Police and fire investigators launched a criminal probe Sunday into the cause of an explosion at a hash oil manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles that sent firefighters running for their lives. Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s major crimes …

19 05, 2020

Nursing Home With Oregon’s Deadliest Virus Outbreak Sued

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The daughter of a woman who died after contracting the coronavirus at a Portland long-term care facility filed a $1.8 million lawsuit Thursday claiming elder abuse. Angela Brown says her 75-year-old mother, Judith Jones, contracted coronavirus and died because of …

19 05, 2020

Parents of Oregon Baby Who Died From Meningitis Sue For $6.3M

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The parents of an infant who died from meningitis after he was released from Silverton Medical Center in Oregon are suing the hospital for $6.3 million. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in the death of 7-month-old Blaize Wheeldon and …