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People Moves: CoreLogic Names Dodd CEO; CAC Specialty Adds 4 to Senior Living Team; McCann Joins Lockton Re; Canopius Appoints Lee General Counsel
CoreLogic Names Dodd CEO Patrick Dodd has been appointed president and chief executive officer of CoreLogic, the global property information, analytics and data company. Dodd was named interim chief executive officer in January 2022. Prior to assuming the top job …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 4:02 PM |
Supreme Court Backs Football Coach Fired After Praying on the Field
A divided US Supreme Court ruled in favor of a high school football coach who lost his job for conducting post-game prayers on the 50-yard line in a decision that buttresses religious rights and reduces the authority of public-school officials …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 3:59 PM |
Medical Society Accuses Insurers of Using ‘Junk Science’ to Deny Covid Business Claims
The medical profession in New Hampshire is accusing the insurance industry of using “junk science” in justifying its denials of Covid-related business insurance claims. In an amicus brief in a case between a hotel chain and eight insurers, the New …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 3:15 PM |
Business Moves: Sandbox Invests in Florida Insurance Data Firm Confianza
Florida-based Confianza Inc., which provides data analytics and machine learning to insurance agents, announced that it had closed its round of seed funding, with most of the capital coming from Sandbox Insurtech Ventures. The company, co-founded in 2020 by Jeffrey …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 3:03 PM |
U.S. Supreme Court Again Nixes Bayer Challenge to Weedkiller Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected another Bayer AG bid to dismiss litigation alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer as the German pharmaceutical and chemical giant tries to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages. The justices turned …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 2:35 PM |
Louisiana Launches $463M Project to Elevate Hurricane Evacuation Route
Louisiana state leaders have broken ground for a $463 million project that will elevate 8.3 miles of La. 1, one of the state’s hurricane evacuation routes. The groundbreaking held Friday is for work that will be done between Golden Meadow …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 2:20 PM |
Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Shooting of Arkansas Teen
The family of an unarmed Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the deputy and a county sheriff over the teen’s death. The family of Hunter Brittain filed the …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 2:18 PM |
North Dakota Governor Wants Federal Aid to Deal with Spring Storm Damage
Gov. Doug Burgum is asking for some federal help in dealing with $57 million in public infrastructure damage caused by severe spring storms and flooding in North Dakota. Burgum has requested a presidential disaster declaration that would provide federal aid …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 2:16 PM |
Florida OIR Trims Citizens’ HO Rate Increase to 6.4%
Five months ago, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. filed for a near-maximum-allowed rate increase for most of its policies, citing the need to continue depopulating the rapidly growing insurer of last resort. Last week, despite concerns that Citizens’ premiums are significantly …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 2:15 PM |
$5M in Grants Earmarked for Flood-Impacted Montana Businesses
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is making up to $5 million in grant funding from Montana’s bed tax fund available to businesses that have been impacted by destructive flooding in southern Montana. Gianforte’s office announced the grant funding, and said more …
POSTED JUNE 27, 2022 2:12 PM |
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