8 04, 2021

California’s PG&E Sees Criminal Charges in 2019 Wildfire

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A California prosecutor has filed 33 criminal charges accusing troubled Pacific Gas & Electric of inadvertently injuring six firefighters and endangering public health with smoke and ash in a 2019 fire blamed on its equipment. The nation’s largest utility denied …

8 04, 2021

New Jersey Man Charged with Insurance Fraud for Rate Evasion After Van Accident

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A New Jersey man has been charged with insurance fraud after an investigation revealed he failed to pay the correct premiums to insure his commercial vehicle and deprived his employees of proper insurance coverage. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes …

8 04, 2021

People Moves: Go T&T Hires Cotta; Williams Joins Florida Peninsula; Distinguished Adds Johnson

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Go Transportation & Translation Hires Cotta as Vice President of Operations Go Transportation & Translation (Go T&T), a national transportation and translation company serving the workers’ compensation industry, has hired Colby Cotta as vice president of operations. In this role, …

8 04, 2021

Flexible Workspace Software Firm Adds Insurance Agency for Owners, Tenants

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A Colorado-based workspace management software company has launched an insurance brokerage for coworking and flex space operators, members and tenants. The new agency, Proximity Protect, is offering insurance policies nationwide through admitted insurers to the 100,000 members of Proximity’s network. …

8 04, 2021

Researchers Predict Above-Average Hurricane Season This Year

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Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2021, citing the likely absence of El Niño as a primary factor. The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team is predicting 17 named storms during the Atlantic hurricane …

8 04, 2021

People Moves: PartnerRe’s Clarke Re-Emerges at Tremor; WTW’s Monat to Mosaic; Graham Leads AIRMIC; Lancashire’s Richardson to Aeolus

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This wrap-up of International People Moves details recent appointments at Tremor Technologies, Mosaic, AIRMIC and Aeolus Capital Management Ltd. A summary of these new hires follows. Tremor Technologies Boston-based Tremor Technologies, the online reinsurance marketplace, announced that reinsurance executive Emmanuel …

8 04, 2021

Towerstone Acquires Ohio Wholesale Insurance Broker Jacobs & Associates

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Towerstone, a Dallas-based wholesale insurance division of IMA Financial Group, has acquired Jacobs & Associates, a general agent and excess and surplus lines broker based in Strongsville, Ohio. The transaction was effective April 1, 2021. The partnership opens new markets …

8 04, 2021

Missouri High Court: Lawsuit Against Catholic School May Proceed

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Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit alleging a St. Louis Catholic school allowed sexual abuse against a student should continue. At issue is a lawsuit filed by a former student who graduated from Chaminade College Preparatory School in …

8 04, 2021

Massive Fire Breaks Out at Texas Chemical Facility

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A huge industrial fire broke out at a chemical facility in Channelview, Texas, around 4 p.m. on April 7, Harris County officials said. A shelter in place order was issued for neighborhoods near the K-Solve Chemical plant located in the …

8 04, 2021

Texas House Passes Active Shooter Alert Bill

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The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill that would create an Active Shooter Alert System for the state. House Bill 103 passed by a vote of 146-0. The bill’s author, State Rep. Brooks Landgraf (Odessa), said the bill …