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16 03, 2021

California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects Board for 2021

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Matthew Zender of AmTrust North America, who has served on the executive committee of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute since 2018, has been reelected to serve another one-year term as chairman of the CWCI’s board of directors. Joining Zender on …

16 03, 2021

Ride-Hailing Firms Uber, Lyft to Share Background Data on Deactivated Drivers

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Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have created a program to share information about drivers and delivery people deactivated from their platforms for the most serious offenses, furthering a safety push by ride-hailing companies. The Industry Sharing Safety Initiative will …

16 03, 2021

Washington Ticketing Firm to Pay $9M in Restitution

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Seattle, Wash., ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets has agreed to pay $9 million in restitution to an estimated 45,000 customers. The Seattle Times reported the payments will go to ticket buyers owed refunds and event organizers owed box-office revenue largely …

16 03, 2021

Berkshire Hathaway Opposes Climate Change, Diversity Reporting Proposals

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Monday urged the rejection of shareholder proposals that annual reports be produced about its efforts to address climate change and promote diversity and inclusion. The proposals were disclosed in Berkshire’s annual proxy filing, ahead …

16 03, 2021

Some States Still Weigh Mandating Business Interruption Coverage

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Since about a year ago when their business constituents began complaining that their insurance companies were telling them their policies do not cover their losses from the pandemic, lawmakers in a number of states have responded by filing legislation to …

15 03, 2021

Arch Launches Transport and Logistics Insurance Division, Led by Argo’s O’Gorman

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Arch Insurance International has announced the launch of a new transport and logistics insurance division and the appointment of Steve O’Gorman as head of Transport and Logistics, effective immediately. The new division offers a range of specialist and marine and …

15 03, 2021

Kansas Businesses Hurt by COVID Closures Could Get Help Under Bills

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Businesses that were ordered to shut down or limit capacity because of the pandemic could receive financial relief under two bills in the state Legislature that would address pending litigation but have riled up county leaders who could be forced …

15 03, 2021

Investor Suit Alleges Tesla CEO Musk’s Tweets Violate SEC Pact

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Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk has been sued by a shareholder who accused him of violating his 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his Twitter use. According to a complaint unsealed late Thursday in Delaware …

15 03, 2021

How Everybody Ends Up Paying for Climate Crisis

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Fallout from last month’s deadly deep freeze in Texas has quietly spread to people living hundreds of miles away. Minnesota utilities have warned that monthly heating bills could spike by $400, after the crisis jacked up natural gas prices across …

15 03, 2021

A U.S. Storm that Will Break Insurance Records – and Other February Storms, Quakes

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February saw a spate of winter storms in the United States, including the period from Feb. 12-20, which will become the U.S. insurance industry’s costliest winter weather peril on record, according to insurance broker Aon plc in its monthly Global …