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Judge Nixes Gender Bias Claim by Woman Denied Job as Top Pastor of Black Church

A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman to serve as senior pastor of New York City’s prominent Abyssinian Baptist Church. The Rev. Eboni …

Risk Strategies Acquires Felsen Insurance of New Jersey

North American specialty insurance brokerage Risk Strategies reports it has acquired Felsen Insurance Services, Inc., a New Jersey-based agency offering commercial and personal property/casualty insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in 1985, Felsen is based in Denville, …

Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr. Settle Legal and Personal Disputes

Four years after Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as the head of Liberty University amid a series of personal scandals, he and the evangelical school founded by his father have announced a settlement of “all outstanding disputes on both legal and …

Church Mutual to Offer Weather Monitoring Technology for Places of Worship

Church Mutual Insurance Co. has partnered with The Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB) Inspection and Insurance Company, part of Munich Re, to provide eligible customers temperature and water sensors connected to a 24/7 monitoring system. This technology is designed to alert …

Catholic Mutual, Church Mutual to Offer Workers’ Comp Coverage

Catholic Mutual Group, a coverage provider for the Catholic Church in North America, and Church Mutual Insurance Company (CMIC), a nationwide insurer of religious organizations, have formed a strategic alliance under which CMIC will underwrite auto and workers’ compensation insurance …

Under Pressure, Governor Says New Indiana Law ‘Not About Discrimination’

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defended the new state law that’s garnered widespread criticism over concerns it could foster discrimination and said it wasn’t a mistake to have enacted it. Pence appeared on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” to discuss …