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Fifth Circuit Upholds $502K Award for Louisiana Church in Hurricane Laura Damage Suit
Jan 25 2024 // The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month upheld a 2022 decision against Church Mutual Insurance Co. in favor of Sugartown United Pentecostal Church in Dry Creek, Louisiana, which sits about 50...
Prominent Black Church in New York Sued by Yale Professor for Gender Bias
Jan 9 2024 // A Yale professor has filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against a prominent Harlem church after it did not hire her for its senior pastor job. The suit brought by Eboni Marshall Turman accuses Abyssinian Baptist...
People Moves: Church Mutual Names Ogilvie Chief Executive Officer
Jan 4 2024 // Church Mutual Insurance Company, headquartered in Merrill, Wis., promoted Alan S. Ogilvie from president to president and chief executive officer. Ogilvie assumed the role from Rich Poirier, who retired after 12 years at...
People Moves: Church Mutual Promotes Ogilvie to CEO; World Insurance Associates Hires Klien as EVP; Amwins Appoints Armijo President of Amwins Underwriting
Jan 3 2024 // Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. promoted Alan S. Ogilvie from president to president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Ogilvie assumed the role from Rich Poirier, who has retired after 12 years of...
Fire Destroyed Los Angeles-Area Church Just Before Christmas
Dec 19 2023 // A Los Angeles-area church was destroyed in a massive fire early Sunday, just hours before a celebration that was set to include a Christmas play and a toy giveaway. Firefighters arrived at Victory Outreach church in Pomona...
Judge Blocks Chubb Exit From New York Diocese’s Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Suits
Dec 19 2023 // A New York judge has ruled that the “plain language” of Chubb Insurance policies dictates that the insurer must cover the Archdiocese of New York parishes and schools as they contend with thousands of sex abuse...
Recordings Show How Mormon Church Protects Itself From Child Sex Abuse Claims
Dec 5 2023 // Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed with her while he...
Best Agency to Work For – East Gold Winner: National Church Group Agency
Nov 20 2023 // Caring for Employees and Clients Alike The National Church Group Insurance Agency’s mission is to protect its clients’ missions. For nearly four decades, the Leesburg, Virginia-based organization has secured...
Maine’s Ending Limits on Child Sex Abuse Suits Is Unconstitutional, Church Tells Court
Nov 13 2023 // A lawyer for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland told supreme court justices Thursday that Maine’s elimination of time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits is unconstitutional and imposes new liabilities, a...
70-Year-Old Man Settles With Catholic Diocese Over Sex Abuse Suffered at Age 8
Oct 16 2023 // A 70-year-old man who recently reached a settlement with a Roman Catholic diocese in Massachusetts over sexual abuse he suffered at age 8 said Wednesday he is speaking out because “my voice was taken away from me for...
Bankruptcy Judge Denies Survivors’ ‘Hopeless’ Bid to Sue Rockville Diocese Insurers
Oct 5 2023 // The judge overseeing the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre bankruptcy has denied a request by the committee representing sexual abuse claimants for permission to sue the church’s insurers, calling the filing a...
People Moves: Duble to Retire from Fred C. Church; Hanover Names Seibold, Barrett to Leadership; Mulick Joins IMA in Sales
Sep 14 2023 // Fred C. Church Makes Key Personnel Changes to Its Education Team Chris Duble, Fred C. Church chief executive officer and client executive, has announced his plans to retire at the end of 2024. Duble began his career in...
People Moves: Greaves Joins Fred C. Church From MIT; Connecticut Big I Elects Jones
Sep 1 2023 // Greaves Joins Fred C. Church Insurance Commercial Lines Fred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., hired Damual Greaves to its education team as a client executive. Greaves joins Fred C. Church after serving...
Judge Orders Camden Diocese to Rework Bankruptcy Plan After Insurers’ Complaints
Sep 1 2023 // The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey must rework its bankruptcy plan to better protect insurers from invalid and inflated sexual abuse claims and unreasonable attorneys’ fees. Citing some concerns raised by...
People Moves: Fred C. Church Names Hart Personal Lines Manager; Ames & Gough Appoints Hilliard
Aug 16 2023 // Fred C. Church Insurance Names Hart Vice President, Personal Lines Manager Fred C. Church, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., promoted Kate Hart to vice president, personal lines manager. Hart began her insurance career in...
Churchill Downs to Improve Track, Vet Resources After Recent Horse Deaths
Aug 2 2023 // Churchill Downs will implement safety measures for its September meet including new track surface maintenance equipment and additional monitoring and equine care following 12 horse deaths before and after the Kentucky...
Syracuse Catholic Diocese Settles $100 Million in Sexual Abuse Claims
Aug 1 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse on Thursday announced a $100 million settlement with people who say they were sexual abuse victims as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. Catholic dioceses around the state are...
Rochester Diocese Claims Fund Reaches $126M as 2 More Insurers Settle, 1 Holds Out
Jul 28 2023 // The Catholic Diocese of Rochester and sexual abuse survivors have reached settlements with additional insurers on amounts available to cover abuse claims, bringing the total fund now available to survivor claimants to...
Pastor to Go to Jail, Repay Church and Insurer for Stealing $130K to Cover Gambling
Jul 25 2023 // A New Hampshire executive pastor has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing about $130,000 from his church to pay off gambling debts and make purchases. Gregory Neal, of Barrington, 45, was sentenced in federal...
Northern New York Diocese Facing 100 Sexual Abuse Claims Files for Bankruptcy
Jul 19 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York said Monday that it was filing for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 100 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse. The diocese, like others in the state, is...
