1 Mayor Sentenced, 1 Pleads Guilty in Illinois Town’s Insurance Procurement Case August 18, 2021 By Stephanie K. Jones On Aug. 13, the former mayor of a southwest Illinois town became the second area mayor to plead guilty to...
Swiss Re Hires CNA’s Stephenson to Lead Casualty; Richards Named CEO UK & Ireland August 18, 2021 Swiss Re announced changes in the leadership of its Reinsurance Business Unit. Effective Jan. 1, 2022, Jason Richards will become...
EEOC Sues Florida Applebee’s Franchise for Race and Sexual Orientation Discrimination August 18, 2021 Neighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida, LLC, doing business as Applebee’s, violated federal law by subjecting an employee to race and sexual...
Ratings Changes for P/C Insurers Up Moderately, Says AM Best August 18, 2021 The number of credit rating upgrades and downgrades in the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry increased in the first half...
Catastrophe Bond Market Breaks New Record with $8.5 Billion of Securities Issued August 18, 2021 Catastrophe bonds broke a record during the first half of the year with about $8.5 billion of new securities issued,...
Judge Allows Discrimination Lawsuit to Proceed Against University of Idaho August 18, 2021 A federal judge says a discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Idaho by a UI College of Law professor...
California Judge Tosses School Board Member’s $87M Suit August 18, 2021 A federal judge has thrown out an $87 million lawsuit that a San Francisco school board member filed against the...
Wildfires Advancing Through Northern California August 18, 2021 By Terence Chea and John Antczak Northern California wildfires that incinerated two mountain communities continued marching through the Sierra Nevada while a utility purposely blacked out...
J. Morey Acquires Aihara & Associates in California August 18, 2021 The J. Morey Company Inc. Insurance Agents & Brokers acquired Aihara & Associates Insurance Services Inc. in Los Angeles, Calif....
CDC Creating New Real-Time Disease Forecasting Center August 18, 2021 By Mrinalika Roy The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it is creating a new disease forecasting center to...