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People Moves: McGill & Partners Hires Gallagher Re’s Turner for Treaty Reinsurance Team; Howden Names KPMG’s Cox as Head of Energy Transition
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at two London brokers: McGill and Partners and Howden Broking. A summary of these new hires follows here. McGill and Partners Hires Gallagher Re’s Turner for Treaty Reinsurance Team McGill and Partners, …
Read More Erwin to Keystone VP; Jones to Tennessee PBM Compliance Role
Keystone Names Erwin VP for Kentucky, Ohio Keystone Insurers Group, one of the largest participant-owned agency networks in the United States, has named Brian Erwin as state vice president for Kentucky and Ohio. Erwin comes to Keystone from WestBend Mutual …
Read More Rite Aid Faces Securities Suit Over Allegedly Filling Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions
A Rite Aid Corp. shareholder on March 20 filed a securities class action lawsuit against the company as well as former and current executives, alleging Rite Aid has given false or misleading statements regarding its alleged distribution of unlawful opioid …
Read More NTSB: Strong Winds During Arkansas Plane Crash
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – During last month’s deadly crash of a small plane near Little Rock, there were “changing/deteriorating weather conditions from the time of taxi, takeoff, and the accident,” according to a preliminary report Friday from the National …
Read More People Moves: MEMIC Promotes Three Team Members to Key Director Roles
The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, has promoted three veteran team members to key managerial roles. Janine Bard has been promoted to director of claims, Maine region. Bard started as a compensation specialist in 2002 before being promoted to …
Read More Correll Group Acquires Two More SE Agencies
Correll Insurance Group, a rapidly growing agency in the Southeast, announced two more acquisitions of Tennessee-based agencies: SouthPoint Risk, in Nashville, and Insight Risk Management, in Memphis. Correll said in a news release that it has made 10 acquisitions in …
Read More Workers’ Compensation Must Reimburse for Medical Marijuana Costs in Pennsylvania
Injured workers in Pennsylvania are entitled to be reimbursed for medical marijuana costs under the state’s workers’ compensation law. A Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that while the Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) does not require insurers or self-insured employers …
Read More U.S. Studies Ways to Insure All Bank Deposits If Crisis Grows
US officials are studying ways they might temporarily expand Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage to all deposits, a move sought by a coalition of banks arguing that it’s needed to head off a potential financial crisis. Treasury Department staff are …
Read More Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Viking Bond Service in Arizona
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Phoenix, Arizona-based Viking Bond Service Inc. Tom Buckner, Bill Belpedio and the Viking Bond team will operate under the direction of Kevin Garvin, head of Affinity North America for Gallagher’s retail property/casualty brokerage operations. …
Read More Fox, Dominion Pursue Pretrial Wins in $1.6B Defamation Case
Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems on Tuesday were asking a Delaware judge to find Fox Corp. liable for defamation over airing debunked vote-rigging claims, while Fox lawyers fighting a $1.6 billion lawsuit counter that the network’s 2020 election coverage was …
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