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Construction Fintech Built Nabs $1.5B Valuation; Growth Plans Include Insurance

Built Technologies, a construction industry-focused financial-technology startup, has more than tripled its valuation to $1.5 billion after raising $125 million in an equity funding round led by TCV. Brookfield Technology Partners, 9Yards Capital, HighSage Ventures and XYZ Venture Capital participated …

Boy Scouts Preparing for Abuse Victims’ Vote on $1.6 Billion Compensation Fund

The Boy Scouts of America are preparing to ask sex abuse victims to vote for a $1.6 billion trust fund to settle their claims in a key step toward ending its contentious bankruptcy. The proposal sets potential payments based on …

Amazon Reaches Private Settlement With Workers Who Criticized Warehouse Conditions

Amazon.com Inc. and the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said on Wednesday the company had reached a settlement with two former employees who alleged they were fired last year for criticizing the working conditions at the e-commerce giant’s warehouses. …

Citigroup Asks Appeals Court to Let It Recoup $504M Lost in Revlon Loan Pre-Pay Error

Citigroup Inc. on Wednesday pressed a federal appeals court to let it recoup about $504 million of its own money that it accidentally wired Revlon Inc. lenders, saying its mistake did not entitle them to a huge windfall. The bank’s …

Flood Insurance Program Expires Tomorrow Unless Congress Acts

As Democrats and Republicans in Washington continue to haggle over government debt and spending, federal flood insurance is among the programs facing disruption. Without renewed funding, a government shutdown would begin after the end of the fiscal year tomorrow, Sept. …

Flow Insurance, Chaucer Group to Offer Residential Flood Insurance

Flow Insurance Services has partnered with Chaucer Group to allow for the digital distribution of Chaucer’s new residential flood insurance product. Flow’s retail agents will have the ability to quote, bind, and service Chaucer’s flood insurance product on the FlowRater. …

‘Once Traffic Goes Away, People Speed.’ Study Analyzes Pandemic’s Fatal Crashes.

With fewer people on the road during the early days of the pandemic, more drivers were speeding and driving recklessly, resulting in more crashes being deadly. Researchers at The Ohio State University conducted a detailed analysis of traffic in Franklin …

Why This Is Not a ‘Standard’ Hard Market and Other Views on Today’s Insurance Market

Interesting. Fluctuating. Moderating. Fun. Those are the words that Patrick M. Gallagher, chief executive officer of Gallagher Global Brokerage for the Americas, used to respond to a question about the state of the insurance marketplace during a virtual conference hosted …

3 Largest Opioid Distributors to Pay Native American Tribe $75M to Settle Claims

The three largest U.S. drug distributors will pay more than $75 million to resolve claims they fueled an opioid epidemic in the Cherokee Nation’s territory in Oklahoma, marking the first settlement with a tribal government in the litigation over the …

Workers’ Comp Pays More Than Group Health to Treat Similar Injuries: NCCI Study

Workers’ compensation pays more than group health to treat comparable injuries, according to a research brief issued by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Although the workers’ compensation benefit delivery system is specifically geared to the needs of employers and …

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