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Texas-Based Upland Expands Into Product Recall

Upland Capital Group announced it is expanding into a new market with the introduction of a Product Recall product to its portfolio. The new product focuses on product defect coverage for component parts and consumer goods as well as food …

JPMorgan Bolsters Florida Bet With 300 New Jobs in Orlando

JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to hire 300 people in the Orlando area over the next two years, part of the largest US bank’s expansion in the South. The firm will renovate its 250,000-square-foot (23,226-square-meter) campus in central Florida, which …

People Moves: Karmilowicz Resigns as Chair of Everest Global Insurance; TMK Taps AXIS’ Furness-Smith as APAC Cyber U/W; Coalition Names Kanno for UK Cybersecurity

This edition of International People Moves details resignations and appointments at two insurers — Everest Group and Tokio Marine Kiln — and the managing general agent Coalition. A summary of these new hires follows here. Karmilowicz to Resign as Chair …

Judge Dismisses Suit Over Savannah Outlawing Guns Left in Unlocked Cars

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a Georgia gun owner who sought to challenge a Savannah city ordinance that imposes fines and potential jail time for people who leave firearms inside unlocked cars. The …

Minnesota Company Fined $730K After Worker Drowns Removing Lake Weed

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI’s) Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA) Compliance announced it has has issued a $730,000 penalty to Your Lake Aquatic Plant Management, LLC, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, for commercial diving standard violations after a worker drowned …

South Carolina Drunk Driver Who Hit Bride on Wedding Day Sentenced to 25 Years

A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced Monday to …

People Moves: EPIC Adds Frechmann, Mayfield and Snitzer in Midwest Region

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants announced an expansion of its expertise in specialized areas with the addition of three new professionals in the Midwest. Rick Frechmann, Joleen Mayfield, and Bradley Snitzer bring decades of experience in employee benefits consulting and …

Lake-Effect Snowfall Buries Great Lakes Region

Snow continued to fall Monday around parts of the Great Lakes region, where storm-weary residents who have plowed and shoveled for days faced the prospect of even greater accumulations. Lake-effect snow fell on parts of western New York, Pennsylvania and …

UnitedHealth Executive Fatally Shot in NYC on Investor Day

Brian Thompson, a longtime UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive, was fatally shot in midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning in what authorities described as a targeted attack that sent reverberations across the city and corporate boardrooms globally. Thompson, 50, was shot in …

Alaska Airlines Tech Issue Briefly Grounded Planes in Seattle

A technology issue at Alaska Airlines resulted in the temporary grounding of flights in Seattle on Monday morning and problems into the afternoon for people trying to book flights on its website, the airline said. The Seattle-based company said in …

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