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18 01, 2023

Mayton Named to Arkansas Workers’ Comp Commission

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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she will appoint Michael Mayton to the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC). Mayton works as a lawyer in private practice specializing in the defense of employers and insurance carries. He has practiced law …

18 01, 2023

Purmort & Martin Buys Lovinger Agency in Tampa

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Purmort & Martin Insurance Agency, one of the oldest agencies in the Sarasota, Florida, area, is expanding with the acquisition of Tampa-based Lovinger Insurance. Lovinger is a property-casualty agency serving policyholders in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, the company said in …

18 01, 2023

Acrisure Acquires Affinity Brokers in Scotland

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Acrisure, which operates a global insurance broker, has acquired Affinity Brokers Limited, a commercial insurance broker based in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 2010 by Scott Meechan and Yvonne McKnight, Affinity has a specialty in jewellery and jewellers block. The business …

18 01, 2023

Tesla Video Promoting Self-Driving Was Staged, Engineer Testifies

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A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior …

18 01, 2023

Skyward Specialty Finds 2023 is Right for IPO

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Houston, Texas-based Skyward Specialty on Friday became the first U.S. company to launch an initial public offering in the calendar year, a move that CEO Andrew Robinson said will provide greater capital flexibility as it grows its business in the …

18 01, 2023

Warming Trend Continues in 2022 and Expensive Weather Events Pack Punch

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According to data presented during a joint NASA and NOAA webinar earlier this month, 2022 was among the warmest years recorded since the late 19th century – continuing a trend that has shown gradual global temperature warming in recent decades. …

18 01, 2023

Gallagher Acquires Retail Broker First Ireland Risk Management in Dublin

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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Dublin, Ireland-based First Ireland Risk Management Limited, a retail insurance broker offering commercial and personal insurance products as well as life and pension products throughout Ireland. Principals Tony Gill, Linda Gallagher and their …

18 01, 2023

Minnesota Lawmakers Start Down Path to Legalizing Recreational Marijuana

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Legislature embarked on a path toward legalizing recreational marijuana for adults last Wednesday when a legislative committee held the first hearing of the year on a bill that backers say is designed to …

18 01, 2023

Alabama Landfill Still Burning, Triggering Health Concerns, Class Action vs. Owners

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An underground fire at an Alabama landfill has continued to pollute the air in eastern parts of the Birmingham region more than 50 days after a fire began underground, according to air quality monitors. The monitors surrounding the Moody landfill …

18 01, 2023

The Insuring Cyber Podcast’s Most Listened Episodes of 2022

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From the next wave of InsurTech to diversity and inclusion within the cybersecurity and insurance industries to bias within artificial intelligence technology, The Insuring Cyber Podcast listeners were paying attention to a range of issues last year. Take a trip …