13 01, 2021

NTSB: Deadly Dallas Natural Gas Explosion ‘Could Have Been Prevented’

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A natural gas explosion at a Dallas home that killed a 12-year-old girl came after an energy company failed to find a damaged line despite two nearby homes being destroyed in gas-related fires on the two previous days, federal officials …

12 01, 2021

Rhodes Risk Advisors Acquires Atlanta-Based McEver & Tribble

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Rhodes Risk Advisors, an independent insurance firm, has acquired McEver & Tribble, an independent insurance agency also based in Atlanta. Combining the professional teams, risk management capabilities and insurance offerings of Rhodes and McEver & Tribble immediately expands the firm’s …

12 01, 2021

North Carolina College Restores Women’s Sports After Lawsuit Threat

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East Carolina University is restoring two of its women’s teams cut last spring for budget problems compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, and paying more than $189,000 to avoid a gender discrimination lawsuit. The announcement on Thursday followed word that athletes …

12 01, 2021

Agent Requirements, Standards Among Texas Windstorm Insurer’s Legislative Proposals

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In its recently published report to the legislature, the windstorm insurer of last resort for properties along the Texas coast has proposed several operational changes, including one that would allow it to develop requirements and standards for agents. The Texas …

12 01, 2021

Digital E&S Broker Pathpoint Offers Multiple Cyber Quotes to Retail Agents

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Pathpoint, a digital excess and surplus lines insurance broker, said it is offering a new capability to independent retail agents: access to multiple cyber insurance quotes from through a single online application containing only 9 underwriting questions. The new product …

12 01, 2021

More Capitol Hill Rioters Face Firings Back at Work

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A printing company in Maryland saw the photo on Twitter Wednesday night: an employee roaming the halls of the U.S. Capitol with a company badge around his neck. He was fired the next day. Others are facing similar repercussions at …

12 01, 2021

UK Businesses Face Miles of Red Tape with New Brexit Border Rules

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While the mile-long lines of trucks have dissipated at ports, UK businesses are waking up to less visible forms of friction at the border with the European Union that may cause more enduring damage. From health certificates to new taxes …

12 01, 2021

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. to Acquire UK Broker The Bollington Wilson Group

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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of specialist UK insurance broker The Bollington Wilson Group. The transaction will close following regulatory approval. Financial details of the …

12 01, 2021

UK Supreme Court to Provide Judgment on Business Interruption Appeal on Jan. 15

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The UK Supreme Court will on Friday hand down a judgment in a test case pitting the country’s markets regulator against insurers over how business interruption policies were dealt with during the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Tuesday. The result …

12 01, 2021

Indonesian Divers Recover Sriwijaya Air’s Flight Recorder

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Indonesian Navy divers retrieved one of the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing Co. jet that plunged into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta on Saturday afternoon, a key step in discovering what caused the aircraft carrying …