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Revved by South Dakota’s Sturgis Rally, Virus Infections Move Fast, Far
Aug 25 2020 // The hundreds of thousands of bikers who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have departed western South Dakota, but public health departments in multiple states are trying to measure how much and how quickly the...
Reuters Finds Disparity in How Judges Apply Qualified Immunity
Aug 25 2020 // The May 25 killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a Minneapolis cop has prompted calls for an end to “qualified immunity,” a legal doctrine that in recent years has increasingly helped cops beat back lawsuits...
Hurricane Laura Expected to Slam Energy Coast; On Track for $5-12B in Losses
Aug 25 2020 // Hurricane Laura is poised to strengthen rapidly and come ashore along the Texas-Louisiana coast as a tree-snapping Category 3 storm, forcing residents to flee their homes despite the threat of Covid-19. Laura’s winds...
Taiwan Claims Alibaba-Linked Site Is Cyber Security Risk
Aug 25 2020 // Taiwan declared an e-commerce platform linked to China’s Alibaba Group a potential security risk and has told its operator to register as a company from the rival mainland or dispose of its ownership stake. The order...
Lloyd’s Appoints Canal’s Bond as U.S. Head of Claims
Aug 25 2020 // Lloyd’s of London has named Carey Bond as U.S. head of Claims, a newly created role that stems from the Future at Lloyd’s strategy. Based in Greenville, South Carolina, he’ll be responsible for overseeing...
11 Charged in Louisiana Staged Truck Crash Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 25 2020 // Eleven people have been in indicted in what law enforcement officials say is an expanding probe into tractor-trailer accidents staged in New Orleans, Louisiana, to defraud trucking and insurance companies. The 11 accused...
Anbang, Andy Bang, $1 Trillion in Claims. Ritz-Carlton Mystery Gets Its Day in Court.
Aug 24 2020 // When a 26-year-old Uber driver walked into a California deeds office two years ago, it was the real-estate equivalent of a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tsunami half a world away. Hired by an elderly Chinese...
Gulf Coast Fears Tropical Storm Laura Could Become Deadly Hurricane
Aug 24 2020 // Leaders on the U.S. Gulf Coast warned Monday that Tropical Storm Laura could rapidly intensify into one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the region and urged residents to prepare before landfall in Texas or Louisiana...
Lawyers Urge Use of ‘Vaccine Court’ Over U.S. Injury Compensation Fund for Coronavirus
Aug 24 2020 // A U.S. government program that compensates people who say they have been harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out on fewer than 10% of claims, raising questions whether the process should be used to address any...
Two Bodies Found, Two Missing After Explosion in Texas Port
Aug 24 2020 // The bodies of two missing crew members of a dredging boat were found on Saturday, Aug. 22 following an explosion a day earlier in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The search for two...
How the Coronavirus Spread So Quickly Across U.S.
Aug 24 2020 // As the United States exceeds 5 million reported coronavirus cases — the world’s first country to do so — epidemiologists have pinpointed what helped to set the country on this path. Research from the University...
China Regulator Pledges Continued Backing of Hong Kong as Financial Center
Aug 24 2020 // China’s banking regulator pledged its backing for Hong Kong as a finance hub and reiterated a commitment to opening up the Chinese financial sector amid a deepening standoff with the U.S. China will provide support...
U.S. Needs an SEC for Its Health Care System: Opinion
Aug 24 2020 // The U.S. health care system suffers from a lack of transparency. Employers, insurers and individual consumers pay varying prices for treatments, drugs and digital information of varying quality, without knowing whether the...
California Electrical Contractor to Pay $1.25M to Settle Racial Harassment Suit
Aug 24 2020 // A San Jose, Calif.-based electrical subcontractor at the Apple Park construction project, will pay will pay $1,250,000 and provide other relief to settle a racial harassment lawsuit. Air Systems Inc. (ASI) will pay the...
Trump Administration, Airlines Can’t Agree on Contact Tracing Plan
Aug 24 2020 // The Trump administration’s efforts to require airlines to collect contact tracing information from U.S.-bound international passengers has stalled, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday, adding...
101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas
Aug 24 2020 // 1. Offset Negativity. What can you show your clients that you are doing to help them during the pandemic? Everyone is tired of hearing how all their business income (BI) claims are denied. What are you doing to offset all...
Commercial Insurance Prices Up 19% in Q2: Marsh Index
Aug 24 2020 // Global average commercial insurance prices increased 19% in the second quarter of 2020, the eleventh straight quarter they have risen. Average price increases were driven principally by increases in property insurance...
Insured Losses from Hurricane Isaias $3-$5 Billion: RMS
Aug 24 2020 // Estimated total insured losses from Hurricane Isaias will be between $3.0 and $4.5 billion in the U.S. This includes estimated losses to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) of between $400 and $700 million,...
People & Places
Aug 24 2020 // National QBE North America has promoted Steve Gransbury to head of Specialty Insurance, a new group of existing QBE businesses, and promoted Tara Krauss to head of Accident & Health. The Specialty Insurance unit...
Dueling Storms Marco, Laura Hit Haiti, Dominican, Cuba on Way to Gulf Coast
Aug 23 2020 // SUNDAY, 08/23/2020, 06:23 PM— Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura tore through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, forcing thousands of coastal residents in Louisiana and Cuba to evacuate and flooding roads...
