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‘Baby Driver’ Actor Hudson Meek Remembered After Fall from Car in Alabama

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after he fell out of a moving vehicle in Alabama, authorities said. Meek, 16, was hurt on Dec. 19 while on a street in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of …
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Trump Fails to Win New Trial in E. Jean Carroll Sex-Abuse Case

A federal appeals court denied Donald Trump’s request for a new trial in New York writer E. Jean Carroll’s sexual abuse lawsuit, dealing a blow to the president-elect as he seeks to put his legal woes behind him before taking …
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The Top Insurance Journal Stories of 2024 for the Southeast

From insurance lawsuits resulting from a murderous South Carolina lawyer and his family, to relentless Florida storm claims, a tight mobile home market and body-shop fraud charges, news stories gave Insurance Journal readers in the Southeast plenty to digest in …
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The Year’s Most Popular Insurance Journal Stories—West

Wildfires and their effect on the California’s homeowners insurance crisis dominated Insurance Journal’s West headlines this year. Other popular stories included big lawsuits, and stories on fraudsters and bad actors being caught and punished. Following is the top 10 list …
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Top International Insurance Journal Stories of 2024

The top 10 most well-read international stories for 2024 covered a diverse range of topics, including nuclear verdicts, Taylor Swift’s concert cancellations, and the return of stability of the reinsurance market. Two articles focused on the Baltimore Bridge collapse. We’ve …
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South Korea Orders Airline Safety Probe After Worst Domestic Crash Kills 179

South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out what caused the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil. All 175 …
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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires California’s BMR Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Tustin, California-based Murray Gardner Insurance Agency Inc., dba BMR Insurance. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. BMR Insurance is a retail insurance agency serving commercial and personal lines clients primarily …
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Oregon House Cat Died From Pet Food That Tested Positive for Bird Flu

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu, Oregon authorities said, prompting a recall of raw frozen pet food that was sold nationwide. Northwest Naturals, a pet food company …
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Top National Insurance Journal Stories of 2024

The three largest insurers brokers each announced or closed multi-billion-dollar acquisitions in 2024. The topic was one of many in which readers of Insurance Journal kept a close eye. Difficulties in the personal auto insurance line of business gave way …
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Generative AI: A Double Agent Serving Good and Evil in the World of Claims

Claims professionals need to adapt to the AI evolution at a fast pace as the same technologies used to fight claims fraud are also being used to perpetuate it, according to experts. “It’s truly become an arms race,” said Shane …
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AT&T, Verizon Say Networks Now Clear After Salt Typhoon Hack

AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. acknowledged that they’d been hit by the China-linked Salt Typhoon hacking operation but that their networks were now clear from the intrusion. The hackers attempted to gain information about foreign intelligence, Dallas-based AT&T said …
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Security First, Amelia Underwriters Offering New Products in Warming Florida Market

Two Florida-based insurance companies are expanding their product lines, another sign that insurers are making more – if limited – moves into a warming market in the state. Amelia Underwriters, a wholesale and surplus lines broker based in Fernandina Beach, …
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