Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
A federal court on Wednesday affirmed a federal judge’s 2021 ruling imposing a $14.25 million penalty on Exxon Mobil for thousands of violations of the federal Clean Air Act at the company’s refinery and chemical plant complex in Baytown.
Property Insurance Coverage Law
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The issue raised in this title usually arises with policyholders not wanting to pay a public adjuster fee because the public adjuster service contract was not valid or the public adjusters license lapsed sometime during the contract. MAPFRE Insurance Company has filed a fascinating complaint 1 against an allegedly unlicensed public adjuster license and company … The post Can Insurance Companies Sue Public Adjusters for Not Being Licensed or Not Having a Valid Contract?
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Florida’s Board of Medicine has revoked the medical license of a doctor who performed Brazilian butt-lift surgery, three years after his license was restricted after a botched surgery killed a patient. Dr.
Splash: Finance and Insurance
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The Poseidon Principles group of banks has moved closer to alignment with IMOs revised GHG strategy to remove emissions from shipping by 2050. In its fifth annual report, the framework for measuring and reporting the alignment of lenders shipping portfolios with climate goals showed a noticeable progression from last year.
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Brit Ltd. and Ki announced that Ki will operate as a standalone company within the Fairfax Group, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Ki was incubated and launched by Brit in 2020 and began writing business on Jan.
Zywave
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Your 2024 Zywave wrap up is here! Let's take a look at the year in review.
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PSM Brokerage
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Engage, Educate, and Close with Confidence Selling Medicare plans is as much an art as it is a science. A successful pitch combines knowledge, strategy, and personality, all while navigating the complex web of compliance rules. So, how do you master the perfect sales pitch for Medicare sales? Lets break it down with some examples and best practices.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
A family office backed by members of the Hermes fortune are among the likely buyers of French insurer Albingia, in an investment that signals a goal to diversify their wealth away from luxury.
LexisNexis
DECEMBER 12, 2024
By Madison Johnson, Esq | Manager, Large Markets More than half of Am Law 200 law firms have already purchased Legal AI tools, generative artificial intelligence developed specially for the legal profession, and nearly all large firms expect their investment in Gen AI technologies to increase over the next five years, according to a LexisNexis survey conducted earlier this year.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Office of the Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with Ryan Companies US Inc.
LexisNexis
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Legal and case management software may have various connotations among legal operations professionals and in-house lawyers in the law department. Legal and case management software is necessary for in-house legal departments to streamline workflow. Essentially, the primary functions required in legal departments begin with matter management, legal and case management, financial management , relationships with vendors, contract lifecycle management , and analytical reporting.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
BMS Group, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the leading insurance broker Rasher, subject to regulatory approvals.
LexisNexis
DECEMBER 12, 2024
OFLC, Dec. 12, 2024 "The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will publish two Federal Register Notices (FRNs) in mid-December 2024. The first FRN will update the AEWR under the H-2A temporary agricultural employment program that applies to all range H-2A job opportunities for which the AEWR is determined using the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) September 2024 Employment Cost Index (ECI).
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The United States must do more to address hacking threats after China’s alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American telecommunications companies and steal data about U.S. calls, senators said at a hearing Wednesday.
Majesco
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Sometimes insightful business examples are found in the extreme parts of our imagination outside of reality. Movies and books give us these ideas and potential opportunities in great abundance. For example, In the 2021 sci-fi movie, Finch , Tom Hanks (as the title character) lives alone in a mostly uninhabited world decimated by an environmental event.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
ALKEME announced the acquisition of Relion Insurance Solutions, one of Iowa’s largest insurance agencies with over 140 years of history serving Iowa and surrounding areas.
LexisNexis
DECEMBER 12, 2024
NIJC Know Your Rights: Prepare for Trumps Mass Deportation Threats All individuals in the United States have rights, regardless of immigration status What mass deportations might look like President-elect Donald Trump has threatened our communities by promising mass deportations of immigrants. One of the tools the Trump administration may use Read More Know Your Rights: If You Encounter ICE All individuals in the United States have rights, regardless of immigration status.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Virginia has approved a 12.0% loss cost decrease in the workers’ compensation voluntary market along with rate decreases in the assigned risk market, effective April 1, 2025.
LexisNexis
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Todd Miller, The Border Chronicle, Dec. 12, 2024 "The prolific author and photographer describes powerful instances of worker resistance and how undocumented labor will be a serious thorn in Trumps side.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at HDI Global and Amwins Global Risks. A summary of these new hires follows here. HDI Global Promotes Schulte as Global Head of Marine HDI Global has promoted Dr.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Carriers are on the hunt for quality agencies to make new appointments, according to a new report, which also found that the top way they’re finding them is at industry tradeshows and events.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Insurance broker Aon and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have structured a 110 million (US$115.6 million) facility to provide reinsurance capacity for international reinsurers and Ukrainian insurance companies to cover war-related risks in Ukraine.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
BHP and Rio Tinto have used confidentiality agreements to prevent female employees from speaking about sexual harassment at work, according to a lawyer leading Australian class action lawsuits against the miners.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The CEO of one of California’s largest vocational return to work counseling centers appeared in court this week after being charged with 23 felony counts including insurance fraud, theft and forgery.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
World Insurance Associates LLC acquired the business of Sprague Israel Giles Inc. in Seattle, Washington. Sprague Israel Giles was founded in 1958 by David Sprague and Mike Israel.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
All it takes is one hacker and a batch of faulty solar panels to threaten the safety of Europe’s electric grid. Vangelis Stykas, a cybersecurity consultant, said he figured out how to do it.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
New York is considering asking property and casualty insurers to cover the claims of insolvent taxi insurer American Transit Insurance Co., according to people familiar with the plans.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
A Massachusetts construction business owner was sentenced to 18 months in prison for an employment tax scheme and making a false statement at an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hearing about a worker’s death.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Mega claims in workers’ compensation represent far less than 1% of total workers’ comp claims yet account for more than 2% of total loss dollars, and total in excess of $1 billion each year, a new study from 10 state …
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Starbucks Corp.’s system for logging employee hours is back online nearly three weeks after a vendor hack had forced the company to keep track of schedules by hand.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last Tuesday that the state’s product liability law prohibits counties from bringing public nuisance claims against national pharmaceutical chains as they did as part of national opioid litigation, a decision that …
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The family of a woman who smoked cigarettes for decades and died at age 59 from lung cancer has won a $10.6 million verdict in a case against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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