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Colorado Man And His Insurer to Pay $500K Over 2017 Wildfire

A Colorado man and his insurance company paid $500,000 to the U.S. government over a wildfire that burned federal land in the state. Dale Owns and Grange Insurance Association made the payment to resolve liability for the 2017 blaze that …

California Calling for 60-Day Premium Grace Period Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking insurers for a grace period on paying premiums. Lara today issued a notice requesting that all insurance companies provide their policyholders with at least a 60-day grace period to pay insurance premiums to …

Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Trilogy Group Benefits

Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, has acquired Trilogy Group Benefits LLC, effective February 28, 2020. Trilogy joins Alera Group through local firm AIA, Alera Group. The Trilogy team will continue …

Willis Towers Watson Taps Marsh’s Finbow as Head of FINEX Financial Institutions

Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Susan Finbow as global head of FINEX (financial, executive and professional risks) Financial Institutions. Based in Toronto, Finbow will be responsible for the direction and servicing of FINEX Financial Institutions teams and client …

Cisco Systems Agrees to Resolve Alleged Pay Discrimination in California

Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million in lost wages and interest to affected employees in San Jose, Calif., and provide at least $2.7 million in pay-equity adjustments to its employees nationwide in the next five years in …

California Department of Insurance Has Man Extradited from Poland in $2.6M Fraud Ring

California Department of Insurance detectives took Yeghishe Msryan, 67, into custody after he was arrested in Poland and extradited back to Los Angeles by the U.S. Marshals Service for his alleged involvement in an organized fraud ring in which he …

EU Insurers Must Preserve Capital Positions as Coronavirus Crisis Escalates: Watchdog

Insurance companies should take measures to preserve their capital position and be prudent about dividend and bonus payments as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts households and businesses, the European insurance watchdog said. “Insurers are likely to face progressively difficult conditions in …

AIR Worldwide Estimates COVID-19 Global Deaths Could Rise 10K-30K by End of March

AIR Worldwide, the Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm, projected the number of severe cases of COVID-19 could range between 200,000 and 900,000 globally, with deaths ranging from 10,000 to 30,500, from now until April 1. During the same time period …

Inszone Insurance Acquires Global Pro Insurance Services in California

Inszone Insurance Services has acquired Global Pro Insurance Services in Pleasanton, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Global Pro provides property/casualty insurance services to individual and businesses throughout the Bay Area. Inszone Insurance Services is a privately held …

New York OTDA Employee Arrested For Nearly $12K Sick-Leave Fraud

A New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) employee has been arrested after allegedly submitted 13 forged doctors’ notes over the course of six months to obtain 75 days of paid sick leave, totaling $11,867.74. Jacob R. …