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Sompo GRS Adds Carroll as Deputy Head of Life Sciences Practice in North Carolina
Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Michael P. Carroll as senior vice president and deputy head of Life Sciences for Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS), reporting to Lisa Davis. …
POSTED MARCH 31, 2020 5:39 AM |
Mississippi Gov: Businesses that Remain Open Risk Lawsuits
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is allowing many businesses to remain open amid the coronavirus pandemic, but he repeated Friday that some should voluntarily change the way they operate. The Republican added a new twist by implying a threat from trial …
POSTED MARCH 31, 2020 5:28 AM |
High-Flying Zoom Faces Privacy Suit Claiming It Fails to Protect User Data
Zoom Video Communications, which has seen its stock zoom by 115% since January, is being sued by a Sacramento user who claims the service unlawfully discloses users’ personal information. The video service has enjoyed a surge in popularity as people …
POSTED MARCH 31, 2020 4:55 AM |
CAC Specialty Adds Trinkleback and Goodier in Colorado
CAC Specialty has named Robert Trinkleback leader of property/casualty loss control, and Jonathan Goodier vice president and property/casualty claims advocate in Denver, Colo. Trinkleback will help clients improve workplace safety while increasing productivity and reducing costs related to property, workers’ …
POSTED MARCH 30, 2020 6:13 PM |
Insurance Agency Employees Making More Money But Not as Happy
Insurance agency personnel on average made a little more money in 2019 but they were not as happy as they were in 2018. Nearly all personnel — owners, producers and support staff — enjoyed a slight uptick in average pay. …
POSTED MARCH 30, 2020 4:56 PM |
Activist Fund CIAM Keeps Pressure on Reinsurer SCOR – and its CEO/Chairman Kessler
The battle between French activist investment fund CIAM and SCOR, which has been waging for more than a year, heated up again recently with yet another push by CIAM to separate the chairman and CEO roles, both held by Denis …
POSTED MARCH 30, 2020 4:53 PM |
Officials: South Carolina Nuclear Plant Employees Violated Safety Procedures
Employees at a South Carolina nuclear plant failed to check for fires when making rounds and then falsified log books, federal officials said. The violations of policy happened in 2017 at Duke Energy’s Robinson Nuclear Plant near Hartsville, The Nuclear …
POSTED MARCH 30, 2020 4:51 PM |
Second Racial Bias Case Against Cable TV Wins Second Look
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision to let comedian-turned-media executive Byron Allen’s $10 billion lawsuit accusing cable television operator Charter Communications Inc. of discriminating against black-owned channels move forward. The justices sent …
POSTED MARCH 30, 2020 4:37 PM |
Oklahoma Lawmakers Call for First Responder Workers’ Comp Coverage for COVID-19
A group of Republican lawmakers from the Oklahoma House of Representatives are asking the Oklahoma Municipal League (OML), Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group (OMAG), CompSource Oklahoma and self-funded municipalities to cover and provide workers’ compensation benefits to any first responder testing …
POSTED MARCH 30, 2020 4:36 PM |
Mississippi Residents Affected by February Floods Eligible for Disaster Aid
Mississippi businesses and residents who were hurt by Pearl River flooding in February are now eligible to receive disaster assistance. Gov. Tate Reeves, in a news release Thursday, said the U.S. Small Business Administration approved his request to make low-interest …
POSTED MARCH 30, 2020 4:34 PM |
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