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20 01, 2021

Future of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Looks Increasingly Uncertain

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The future of Nord Stream 2 looks increasingly uncertain as the U.S. ramped up pressure on the project with new sanctions, and companies walked away from the controversial Russian gas link. The new sanctions come just days before work on …

20 01, 2021

Supreme Court Rejects Merck’s Bid to Reinstate $2.5B Damage Award Against Rival

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Merck & Co. Inc.’s bid to revive a $2.54 billion jury verdict it won against rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. for infringing a patent in a dispute over a blockbuster hepatitis C treatment. …

20 01, 2021

The Hilb Group Acquires Michigan’s Owen Moore Insurance

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The Hilb Group LLC (THG) acquired Linwood, Michigan-based Owen Moore Insurance Agency (OMA) in a transaction that was effective Dec. 31, 2020. OMA is a full-service property/casualty agency, providing a broad range of personal and commercial insurance products and services …

20 01, 2021

Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Policy Count Down, Financial Position Up

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Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-sponsored insurer of last resort, now in its 14th round of depopulation, continues to shed policies, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The drop in policy count has occurred even during the most …

20 01, 2021

DuPont, Former Employee Charged in 2014 Fatal Release at Texas Plant

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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Inc. (DuPont) and a former employee have been indicted for knowingly violating requirements of federal safety regulations and negligently releasing an extremely hazardous substance at the company’s plant in LaPorte, Texas. U.S. …

20 01, 2021

New Delay in Getting Vaccine Worries Nebraska Workers

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Nebraska teachers and meatpacking workers worry it will take longer for essential workers like them to get the coronavirus vaccine now that the next group of people to be vaccinated has been expanded to include everyone 65 and older in …

19 01, 2021

Applied Specialty Underwriters Names Black to Lead Middle Market Surplus Lines

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Applied Underwriters has named John Black, Sr., CPCU, to lead its expansion into middle market surplus lines. As executive vice president of the newly-expanded Applied Specialty Underwriters, Black, who has 35 years of underwriting experience, will focus on middle market …

19 01, 2021

NYPD Adopts Clearer Penalties for Excessive Force, Racial Bias

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The New York City Police Department enacted new disciplinary rules on Friday that call for terminating police officers found to use racial profiling or “excessive deadly force.” The so-called “disciplinary matrix,” as Mayor Bill de Blasio called it, also lays …

19 01, 2021

Cross Insurance Partners with Connecticut’s Daigle & Travers Insurance

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Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., based in Bangor, Maine, and an independent insurance provider in New England, has partnered with Daigle & Travers Insurance of Fairfield County, Conn. The Daigle & Travers team of insurance experts offer …

19 01, 2021

Vermont’s Winooski Insurance Adds Heaslip to Its Leadership Team

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Winooski Insurance of Williston, Vermont, a commercial insurance agency of nearly 40 years, is growing its leadership team with the addition of Ryan Heaslip. Heaslip joins the team as the director of Commercial Lines – Sales. He is an insurance …