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17 05, 2022

People Moves: Liberty Mutual Re Hires AXA XL’s Sharman for Casualty Re; SiriusPoint Taps AXA XL’s Pascall as Head of London and Int’l Casualty

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Re and SiriusPoint. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Hires AXA XL’s Sharman for Casualty Reinsurance Liberty Mutual Re (LM Re), part of Liberty …

17 05, 2022

Wisconsin Corn Mill Officials Indicted For 2017 Fatal Explosion

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A federal grand jury has indicted the operator and six management officials of a Cambria, Wisconsin corn mill – where a May 31, 2017, explosion killed five workers and injured 15 others – on nine criminal counts, including two counts …

17 05, 2022

Rain Brings Relief to Massive New Mexico Wildfire

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Lightning sparked a few new small fires in the drought-stricken Southwest Monday but the thunderstorms brought welcome rain to the monster blaze that’s been churning for a month in New Mexico and is now the state’s largest in recorded history. …

17 05, 2022

Kansas Court: More Fact-Finding Required in Air Ambulance Case

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Federal law may prohibit states from regulating prices charged to insurers by air ambulance providers, but that doesn’t absolve the Workers’ Compensation Board of its responsibility to determine whether the billed charges are “usual and customary,” a split Kansas Supreme …

17 05, 2022

UK Investigates Source of Monkeypox Cases

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Four more cases of monkeypox have been identified in Britain, bringing the total to seven, according to the UK Health Security Agency. Health authorities are working to find links between the latest four cases, three of which are in London. …

17 05, 2022

Idaho Announces $119M Opioid Crisis Settlement

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Idaho officials announced a $119 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors over their role in the opioid addiction crisis. Republican Gov. Brad Little and Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said it’s the second-largest consumer settlement …

17 05, 2022

BP Oil Spill Settlement Goes Towards Louisiana Shoreline Construction

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Louisiana has begun construction of a $67 million project to create miles (kilometers) of oyster reefs to protect the shoreline in a New Orleans suburb. Money for the Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline comes from an $8.8 billion restoration fund set …

17 05, 2022

Ex-Louisiana Police Boss Faces Contempt in Ronald Greene Probe

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Lawmakers investigating the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene voted unanimously last week to hold the former head of the Louisiana State Police in contempt for defying a subpoena and refusing to turn over the handwritten journals he kept …

17 05, 2022

Three More Florida Insurers Asking for Big Rate Hikes at Hearings Today

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The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is holding hearings today on major rate increases from three more property insurers, Florida Farm Bureau, First Floridian, and Kin Interinsurance Network. The Kin and First Floridian hearings began Tuesday morning but the Farm …

17 05, 2022

U.S. Traffic Deaths Jump 10.5% in 2021 to Highest Number Since 2005

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U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5% in 2021 to 42,915 – the highest number killed on American roads in a single-year since 2005, U.S. regulators said Tuesday in its preliminary estimate. The yearly increase is the highest reported since the National …