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21 07, 2022

People Moves: Beazley Chair to Step Down; Miller Forms Farms & Estates Team With 2 Hires From Aon; AXA XL Names HDI’s White as Senior PI Underwriter

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This edition of International People Moves details board changes at Beazley and appointments at Miller and AXA XL. A summary of these new hires follows here. Beazley’s Chair Roberts to Step Down Beazley plc announced that its chair, David Roberts …

21 07, 2022

Higginbotham Acquires Texas’ Brown & Company

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Brown & Company Insurance Services, an employee benefits and individual life and health insurance agency in College Station, Texas, has combined with Higginbotham, an insurance, financial and HR services firm ranked as the 20th largest independent broker in the U.S. …

21 07, 2022

Florida OIR: $3B Spent on Claims Defense in 2021; 27 Insurers Now on Watch List

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In 2021, Florida’s domestic property insurers spent more than $3 billion on legal defense costs and containment – double the figure reported in 2016. That’s one jaw-dropping but not surprising takeaway from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s recently posted …

21 07, 2022

Indiana Abortion Doctor Signals She’ll Sue AG over Comments

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An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio took the first step Tuesday toward suing Indiana’s attorney general for defamation. Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion on …

19 07, 2022

UK Regulator May Lack Bandwidth to Push Post-Brexit Competitiveness: Policymaker

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The Bank of England may not have enough resources to implement an extra objective of maintaining Britain as a competitive global financial center, a policymaker designate said on Monday. Britain’s government is due this week to unveil a draft law …

18 07, 2022

Analysis: State Farm Wins Again With Better J.D. Power Scores Than GEICO

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When Warren Buffett told Berkshire Hathaway investors that State Farm continues to dominate the large auto insurance carrier landscape during this year’s annual meeting, he was referring to scale rather than customer satisfaction scores. But State Farm wins on that …

18 07, 2022

Log4j Software Flaw ‘Endemic,’ New Cyber Safety Panel Says

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A computer vulnerability discovered last year in a ubiquitous piece of software is an “endemic” problem that will pose security risks for potentially a decade or more, according to a new cybersecurity panel created by President Joe Biden. The Cyber …

18 07, 2022

Wildfire Threat Becomes Tool to Fight California Home Builders

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Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County. He’s lived there for 21 years and evacuated twice. That’s why he fiercely opposed a plan to build more than …

18 07, 2022

Texas Jury Hands Fired Southwest Flight Attendant $5.1 Million Verdict

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A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant who was fired after sparring with her union president over abortion and other issues won a $5.1 million jury verdict against the airline and the union. A jury in federal district court in Dallas …

18 07, 2022

30 Women Settle Watson-Related Claims Against Houston Texans

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Thirty women who had accused the Houston Texans of turning a blind eye to allegations that their former star quarterback Deshaun Watson was sexually assaulting and harassing women during massage sessions have settled their legal claims against the team, their …