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18 08, 2022

MGA Euclid Transactional Opens Stockholm Office

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Euclid Transactional, a New York City-based managing general agent that specializes in transactional insurance underwriting, announced the opening of a Stockholm office, which will be led by Vice President Willy Edholm Fjellstad. The new office will further strengthen the firm’s …

18 08, 2022

California Announces $1.9M Settlement with Health Insurer

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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a major settlement with National Health Insurance Co. The California Department of Insurance alleged that the company continuously violated California law since 2015 by failing to post a list online of covered prescription drugs …

18 08, 2022

Judges Behind ‘Kids-for-Cash’ Ordered to Pay More Than $200M

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Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes. U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 …

18 08, 2022

Global M&A Hits 10-Year High, Says Clyde & Co.

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The volume of global insurance industry mergers and acquisitions reached a 10-year high in the first half of 2022, up 9.5% from the same six months a year ago. According to Clyde & Co’s Insurance Growth Report mid-year update, the …

18 08, 2022

Transgender Workers’ Rights Widened in Court’s Disability Ruling

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Transgender workers will gain broadened legal protections in the wake of a recent federal appeals court decision that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria, which describes the distress caused …

18 08, 2022

AGs: Lender Heaped Insurance Plans Onto Unwitting Borrowers

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A Maryland-based lender deceived its loan customers by selling them insurance policies they didn’t ask for or know about in many cases, the attorneys general of a handful of states claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in …

17 08, 2022

Skywest Airlines Sued for Sex Discrimination at Dallas Operation

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SkyWest Airlines violated federal law by subjecting a female parts clerk to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, explicit sexual conversations and conduct were a daily feature of …

18 08, 2022

Indiana House Explosion Victims Died of Trauma Asphyxia

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Preliminary autopsy results released Monday for the three victims of a house explosion in a southern Indiana neighborhood show they died of blunt force trauma and compression asphyxia. A married couple who lived at the center of the Wednesday explosion …

12 08, 2022

Indiana Metalworking Lubricants Company to Pay $310,000 over Clean Air Act Violations

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management announced a settlement on August 5 with Metalworking Lubricants Co. for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its used oil processing facility in Indianapolis. Under the terms …

18 08, 2022

North Dakota Recreational Pot Measure Approved for Ballot

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Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota have succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote in November. The group, New Approach North Dakota, submitted more than the required 15,582 valid petition signatures to get a measure on …