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Coalition today said it launched a version of its Executive Risks Insurance products designed for not-for-profit organizations. Coalition’s Executive Risks insurance for not-for-profits combines automated underwriting data collection and real-time analysis with a streamlined application process compared to the industry …

Bob Menke, the man who founded St. Petersburg-based Bankers Insurance Co., one of the oldest property insurers in Florida, died last week at age 89. “The company that Bob founded in 1976 has grown into one of the largest privately …

Six people were hurt — two critically – when part of a heating and ventilation system collapsed at a resort pool in Colorado on Saturday, fire officials said. There were 50 to 100 guests in the pool when the collapse …

A $1.1 million payment was made to resolve a ransomware attack on a California county’s law enforcement computer network, Southern California News Group reported. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced in April that a “network disruption” was being investigated …

Federal officials presented a proposal Thursday to further control flooding in the Mississippi Delta, a move that comes after months of work from government agencies and decades of delays amid disputes over potential environmental impacts. The south Delta’s Yazoo Backwater …

The New York jury hearing an advice columnist’s claims that she was raped by Donald Trump could begin deliberations as soon as Tuesday, and it will have wide latitude in deciding the truthfulness of the allegations against the former president. …

Goodwill Industries of Southeast Louisiana, Inc. has agreed to pay a former employee $60,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The lawsuit was resolved through a consent decree, …

Insured losses for New Zealand’s North Island floods of Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 are estimated at NZ$1.75 billion ($1.1 billion), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. This second PERILS’ loss estimate has …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at cybersecurity firm Lodestone Security and the broker Howden Tiger Fac. A summary of these new hires follows here. Beazley’s Cyber Security Unit Lodestone Appoints Kizziah as CEO Global cybersecurity firm Lodestone …

Lockton, the privately held insurance broker and consultancy, announced it has acquired THB Brazil from Amwins, the independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products in the U.S. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The combination of two leaders in …