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Maryland Expects $238M From Opioid Makers and Pharmacies
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown reported that his Opioids Enforcement Unit has finalized settlements with Teva, Allergan, Walmart, and Walgreens, after multi-year investigations of these opioids-makers’ or chain pharmacies’ involvement in the opioid crisis in the state. The settlements …
Read More Woman Gets 5-10 Years for Scamming Family Dollar, Restaurant on Workers’ Compensation
A Delaware woman will serve 5 to 10 years in state prison for a workers’ compensation scam that spanned 2½ years, two states, and cost a Pennsylvania employer more than $170,000, according to Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry. Victoria Newell-Brown, …
Read More People Moves: Alliant Hires Ross to Bay Area Brokerage Team
Alliant Insurance Services hired Frank Ross as vice president within its Alliant Americas division. Ross joins Alliant with a property/casualty insurance background encompassing risk management, cyber liability, and executive liability. Before joining Alliant, he was senior vice president at USI …
Read More People Moves: Braverman and Bill join Lockton Lawyers Professional Liability Practice
Lockton, headquartered in the Kansas City metropolitan area, named Eric Braverman and Eric Bill to its lawyers professional liability practice. Both are based in Chicago. Braverman joins as senior vice president, professional services practice leader. He brings 20 years of …
Read More Insurers Offer Tips for Residents to Navigate Texas Wildfires
The Smokehouse Creek Fire has grown to more than 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle, making it the second-largest wildfire in state history. The fire is 3% contained as of Thursday morning according to officials with the Texas A&M …
Read More RT Specialty Adds Cyber Liability to its Proprietary Digital Platform
RT Specialty, the wholesale distribution division of Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), a leading international specialty insurance firm, announced addition of Cyber Liability to its proprietary digital platform, RT Connector. RT Connector allows retail insurance agents to access multiple lines of …
Read More People Moves: Fusion Specialty Appoints Harwood for APAC M&A Team; Specialty MGA Nirvana Hires García-Beltrán to Grow European Cyber SME Portfolio
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the managing general agents Fusion Specialty and Nirvana. A summary of these new hires follows here. Fusion Specialty Appoints Harwood for M&A in Asia Pacific Fusion Specialty, a Sydney-based MGA platform …
Read More Lemonade CEO Calls 2023 ‘The Year When the Plan Came Together’
Insurtech Lemonade reported a fourth quarter 2023 net loss of $42.4 million and a net loss of about $237 million for the full year but its chief executive said the company has seen “dramatic progress.” Results were in comparison to …
Read More Insurance Agency Denies Liability for Misrepresentations Related to Shooting
A Pennsylvania insurance agency is denying allegations by owners of a Pittsburgh apartment building that it is liable for the denial of a 2023 fire insurance claim and cancellation of the property’s policy because of misrepresentations related to a shooting …
Read More Miami Labor Supplier Charged with Underreporting Payroll to Travelers
Florida authorities charged a Miami contractor with vastly underreporting his payroll and skipping out on $253,000 in workers’ compensation insurance premiums to Travelers Property and Casualty Co. Gustavo Antonio Munguia, 48, owner of American Iron Group Corp., was arrested Thursday, …
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