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11 06, 2021

Connecticut Officer Resigns and Receives Payout After Fatal Traffic Stop

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A former Connecticut police officer, who shot and killed an 18-year-old motorist during a traffic stop, received a $100,000 payout from Wethersfield’s municipal insurer when he resigned from the department, according to documents obtained by the Hartford Courant through a …

11 06, 2021

People Moves: Peak Capital’s Manning to Miller; Carpenter’s Jones to Lockton Re, and Aon’s Mula to McGill and Partners

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This wrap-up of international People Moves details recent appointments at three brokers: Miller, Lockton Re and McGill and Partners. A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller, a London-based independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the appointment of Erik Manning …

17 06, 2021

More Defendants Plead Guilty in Louisiana Staged Auto Crash Cases

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Two more defendants have pleaded guilty conspiring to stage automobile accidents in order to defraud insurance and trucking companies. The defendants from Orleans and Jefferson Parishes pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Sarah S. Vance to helping stage …

11 06, 2021

Focus on Florida Special Edition

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Check out Insurance Journal’s recent special edition on Florida including a special report on new legislation to help Floridians who are battling the state’s property insurance crisis. This legislation aims to solve some of the issues plaguing Florida’s homeowners insurance …

11 06, 2021

Controversial California Workplace Mask Rule Withdrawn

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California’s workplace regulators have withdrawn a controversial pending mask regulation while they consider a rule that more closely aligns with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise that the state will fully reopen from the pandemic on June 15. The California Occupational Safety …

11 06, 2021

Newly-Enacted Florida Property Insurance Reform Bill Said to Be Already Working

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday officially signed into law reform legislation on property insurance and roofing contractor practices, a measure some say is having a positive impact even before it goes into effect. DeSantis signed the measure during a …

11 06, 2021

Indiana Cop Was Speeding Before Hitting, Killing Pregnant Woman: Lawsuit

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An Indianapolis police officer was speeding and made an illegal lane change just before his patrol car struck and killed a pregnant woman last year near a highway ramp, the woman’s boyfriend alleges in a federal lawsuit. Attorneys for Marcus …

11 06, 2021

Texas Healthcare Providers to Pay More than $1M in False Claims Case

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Three separate Texas healthcare providers will pay a collective $1,056,340.50 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act for the alleged improper billing of electro-acupuncture devices, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas reported. These providers – …

11 06, 2021

AM Best Removes Ratings of Louisiana’s Gray Casualty & Surety from Under Review

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AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of The Gray Casualty & Surety Co. (GCSC), based in Metairie, Louisiana. …

11 06, 2021

Worker Dead After Becoming Stuck in Iowa Cattle Farm Manure Tank

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A man died after becoming stuck in a manure tank on an eastern Iowa cattle farm, authorities said. The death occurred on June 8 at a farm in Stockton and was reported by authorities there the next day, the Quad-City …