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People Moves: Gallagher Hires Eaton From Howden for US Cargo Role; Hartford Names Fish Head of Group Benefits, Bassett Global CUO and Head of Reinsurance

Gallagher Names Eaton Exec Director to Support US Cargo Gallagher appointed of Jonathan Eaton to executive director, responsible for overseeing wholesale to other non-specialist brokers and working with Gallagher offices in the U.S. to support cargo client retention and new …

UK’s Direct Line to List on Price Comparison Websites in Strategy Shift

Direct Line will launch its eponymous motor insurance brand on price comparison websites for the first time, it said on Wednesday, as the company’s new CEO implemented a strategy shift designed to win new business. Adam Winslow, who took over …

Rikers Island Inmates Sue City Claiming They Were Trapped in Cells During Fire

Inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island are suing the city claiming they were trapped in their cells during a jailhouse fire that injured 20 people last year. The lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan said the 15 …

Senate Hopeful Pushes Insurance Revamp During California ‘Gouging’

US Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who’s running for the Senate, is vowing to take another shot at reining in soaring home insurance rates that he says are “gouging” his constituents. To do so, Schiff is casting a spotlight …

Montana To Ask State Top Court To Overturn Landmark Climate Ruling

Montana’s top court is set to hear the state’s appeal of a landmark ruling holding that it was violating the rights of young people to a clean and healthful environment by barring regulators from considering the impacts on climate change …

Missouri Fire Official Dies When Boat He Was in Capsizes During Water Rescue

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — An assistant fire chief in central Missouri died early Monday when the boat he was in capsized during a water rescue in a flash flood. The Boone County Fire Protection District said Matthew Tobben and another …

NC Can Switch Health Benefits Provider for State Workers, Judge Rules

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a legal fight involving two health insurance companies seeking to manage North Carolina’s public employee benefits plan, a judge ruled Monday that the plan’s board acted properly when it switched to Aetna and dropped longtime …

Maine Has No Medical Cannabis Testing Requirement. Health Advocates Urge Change.

Keri-Jon Wilson started as a hobbyist, making medical marijuana edibles on a small scale for patients suffering from chronic pain and cancer. But in 2015 she expanded her business, Portland-based Pot + Pan Manufacturing, and began to standardize her products. …

Purdue Pharma Secures Litigation Ceasefire After Supreme Court Ruling

Purdue Pharma on Tuesday received U.S. court approval for a 60-day freeze on lawsuits against its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, in its first court appearance since a landmark Supreme Court ruling upended its bankruptcy settlement. U.S. Bankruptcy …

PwC Starts Mass China Layoffs After Losing Dozens of Clients

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is cutting staff across its China operations, according to people familiar with the matter, after an exodus of corporate clients diminished the accounting firm’s revenue prospects in the country. At least 100 staffers from different teams at PwC …

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