Health Insurance Plans: August 2024

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Floods Threaten Europe as Searing Heat Gives Way to Storms

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Extreme heat in parts of Spain and France is giving way to storms and flood warnings, while Greece is bracing for more blazes after the huge...

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Allstate to Sell Employer Voluntary Benefits Business to StanCorp for $2 Billion

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Insurer Allstate has agreed to sell its subsidiaries that provide employer voluntary benefits to StanCorp Financial Group (The Standard) in ...

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South Korean Alarm Over EV Battery Fires Puts Spotlight on Safety Concerns

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South Korea is urging automakers operating in the country to disclose the manufacturer of batteries used in electric vehicles (EV) as author...

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UK Insurer Aviva Beats Earnings Forecasts on Home, Motor Insurance Price Hikes

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British insurer Aviva beat first-half profit expectations following a rise in general insurance premiums in Britain and Ireland, and said on...

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Record-Breaking Wildfires Scorched 1.4M Acres in Oregon, Authorities Say

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Wildfires in Oregon have burned more acres of land in 2024 than in any year since reliable records began, authorities said, with the mid-Aug...

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Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Skyward Specialty Enters the Mortgage (Re)insurance Market

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Skyward Specialty Insurance Group announced its entry into the mortgage (re)insurance market. In support of this new venture, Jean-Philippe ...

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Insured Losses From UK Riots Will Be Manageable, With Claims Below £250M: Report

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Insured losses from recent riots in the United Kingdom are expected to remain at manageable levels with a limited impact on insurers’ credit...

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Report: 10 of Top U.S. Metros at Moderate to Very High Risk of Wildfire Are in California

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Ten of the top 15 metropolitan areas for wildfire risk concentration are in California, while more than 2.6 million homes across 14 states w...

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House Explosion in Maryland Kills 2 and Damages Nearby Homes

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Two people were killed and 12 families displaced after a Maryland house exploded Sunday amid reports of a possible gas leak, fire officials ...

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Court, Not Board, Must Decide If Insurer’s Conduct After Canceling Policy Was Negligent

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Claims that a workers’ compensation insurer’s conduct after it canceled a policy were negligent are for a court, not the state’s workers’ co...

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Monday, 12 August 2024

Federal Court Says Lindberg and Firms Must Pay $167M to Defunct Dutch Insurer

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Former insurance executive Greg Lindberg, now awaiting sentencing in a North Carolina bribery conviction, and his companies must pay almost ...

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Museum of Ice Cream Sued by Man Injured Jumping Into Sprinkle Pool

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A man who says he broke his ankle jumping into the sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in New York City has filed a lawsuit alleging th...

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Amtrak Train Hits Tractor Trailer in Connecticut

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An Amtrak train carrying nearly 100 passengers crashed into the rear section of a tractor trailer in Connecticut on Friday morning, causing ...

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PCF Insurance Services Acquires DLD Insurance Brokers in California

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PCF Insurance Services acquired the insurance business of DLD Insurance Brokers in Irvine, California. DLD Insurance Brokers specializes in ...

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Antisemitism Lawsuit Against MIT Dismissed; One Against Harvard Allowed to Continue

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A federal lawsuit accusing Massachusetts Institute of Technology of tolerating antisemitism after the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel has been dism...

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Sunday, 11 August 2024

Debby Triggers Floods, Power Outages, High Water Rescues in Rural MidAtlantic, Northeast

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First responders launched high-water and helicopter rescues of people trapped in cars and homes in rural New York and Pennsylvania as heavy ...

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Friday, 9 August 2024

California Commissioner Moves to Implement Insurance Rate Review Reforms

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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday released a statement on his latest administrative action designed to address the st...

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Japan Issued Its First ‘Megaquake’ Warning After Powerful Tremor

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An earthquake off the coast of Japan’s southern island of Kyushu prompted the government to issue its first-ever warning for a megaquake fro...

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Delta Rejects CrowdStrike Criticism, Sees $500 Million Hit From Cyber Outage

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Delta Air Lines said on Thursday it is pursuing legal claims against CrowdStrike and Microsoft after a global outage last month caused mass ...

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Hong Kong’s Insurance Boom Lures Job-Seeking Mainlanders

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Hong Kong is seeing an influx of professionals from mainland China’s finance and tech sectors who are disillusioned with their career and sa...

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Thursday, 8 August 2024

New Hampshire Supreme Court Reverses Police Chief’s Misconduct Verdict

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The New Hampshire Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of a former police chief who was accused of violating sexual harassment policies...

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California Commissioner Orders Insurance Cancelation Moratorium for 185K Residents

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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverag...

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Judge Dismisses Most Claims in Lawsuit Alleging Hair Discrimination at Houston High School

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HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who alleged that sc...

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Maryland Hikes Penalties for Violations of Insurance Laws

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The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) is notifying the insurance industry that the maximum penalties that may be imposed for certain v...

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Federal Judge Tosses Much of Mexico’s Lawsuit Against US Gunmakers

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A U.S. judge dismissed on Wednesday much of Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating...

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Wednesday, 7 August 2024

Delta Passengers Sue Airline for Refusing Refunds After Massive Computer Outage

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Delta Air Lines was sued by passengers who complained that the carrier refused to offer full refunds after delaying or canceling their fligh...

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Fast-Moving Southern California Wildfire Torched Hillside Homes, Forcing Evacuations

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A fast-moving wildfire that swept into a Southern California hillside community this week destroyed five homes and damaged three others, aut...

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EEOC Sues Illinois Contractor for Disability Discrimination

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Alto Ingredients, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial and food-grade, corn-based alcohols, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

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Microsoft and Delta Trade Blame Over Crowdstrike Outage

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Microsoft Corp. said Delta Air Lines Inc. turned down repeated offers for assistance following last month’s catastrophic system outage, echo...

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China Evergrande Group’s Liquidators Start Legal Action Against PwC

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China Evergrande Group’s liquidators have launched court proceedings against PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, another legal step to recover at le...

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Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Environmental Groups Sue Suncor for Colorado Refinery Pollution

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Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against Suncor Energy on Tuesday, alleging that pollution from the company’s Commerce City refinery in ...

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Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules

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Google illegally monopolized the search market through exclusive deals, a judge ruled Monday, handing the government a win in its first majo...

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Removing US Subsidies Curbed Building in Climate Risk Zones, Study Finds

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The US Congress passed the Coastal Barrier Resources Act in 1982 to preserve relatively undeveloped waterfront areas as natural buffer zones...

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Singapore Monetary Authority Defends Allianz’s $1.7B Plan to Buy Income Insurance

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Singapore ministers addressed concerns about Allianz SE’s plan to buy a majority stake in Income Insurance Ltd., saying it would be held to ...

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Fed Policymakers Signal Rate Cuts Ahead, But Not Recession

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U.S. central bank policymakers pushed back on Monday against the notion that weaker-than-expected July jobs data means the economy is in rec...

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Monday, 5 August 2024

AM Best Places Credit Ratings of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Under Review

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AM Best reports that it has placed under review with developing implications the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term I...

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Authorities Investigating After Worker Killed at Tampa Airport by Falling Equipment

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A worker who was fatally injured at Tampa International Airport last week was struck by a piece of heavy equipment that fell from a track, a...

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Transit Driver Disabled Due to Overheated Cab Can Keep His $11.6 Million Award

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A New Jersey Transit driver who suffered career-ending injuries from overheating after he was ordered to operate a train even though his cab...

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How Iran Oil Link Could Complicate Insurance Claims After Tankers Collide Off Singapore

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A collision between two tankers off Singapore in July raises questions over insurance claims, as one of the vessels previously shipped Irani...

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China Asks Large State Financial Institutions to Drop Auditor PwC, Sources Say

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Chinese regulators have in recent months asked several large state-owned clients of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to drop the auditor as it b...

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Sunday, 4 August 2024

Medical Worker Wants Home Insurance to Cover Her Against Patients’ Data Claims

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A Connecticut clinical social worker believes her homeowners insurer should defend and indemnify her against claims she violated patients’ p...

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Vermont Suffered Millions in Damage From Last Week’s Flooding; Will Seek Federal Aid

Addler Herrmann August 04, 2024 0 Comments

The toll of damage from recent flooding in Vermont exceeds $6 million, and the state is asking the federal government for help, officials sa...

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Friday, 2 August 2024

Hawaii Governor Says a $4B Settlement for 2023 Maui Wildfire Coming Soon

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The parties involved in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state of Hawaii, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of...

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Exxon Delays Golden Pass LNG to Late 2025 on Contractor Dispute

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Exxon Mobil Corp. and QatarEnergy delayed the start of a $10 billion natural gas export project in Texas to the end of next year after lead ...

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Guy Carpenter: ‘Kitty Cat’ CrowdStrike Outage to Cause $300M-$1B in Insured Losses

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Due to the limited amount of impacted companies with insurance and the deployment of a quick fix to mitigate losses, Guy Carpenter said the ...

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Suspected Chinese Hackers Hit Taiwanese Research Center

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A hacking group believed to be linked to the Chinese government stole passwords and documentsfrom a Taiwanese government-affiliated research...

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Thursday, 1 August 2024

Massachusetts Businesses With More Than 25 Employees Must Disclose Salary Range

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Massachusetts businesses with more than 25 employees must disclose salary ranges when posting jobs, under a new bill signed into law Wednesd...

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Colorado Man Who Aided Former Adjuster in $268K Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme Sentenced

Addler Herrmann August 01, 2024 0 Comments

A Colorado man who aided a former insurance claims adjuster in an auto insurance claims scheme was sentenced this week. In 2020, Brassfield,...

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Markets/Coverages: Coalition Introduces Active Cyber Insurance in Germany

Addler Herrmann August 01, 2024 0 Comments

Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, announced the launch of its Active Cyber Insurance ...

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Wood Pellet Production Boomed in the South to Meet Demand. It’s Come at a Cost

Addler Herrmann August 01, 2024 0 Comments

GLOSTER, Miss. (AP) — This southern Mississippi town’s expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins’ home that she sometim...

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