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Alabama Insurance Department Launches New Website
The Alabama Department of Insurance (ALDOI) has launched a newly designed website that features a new layout and simplified navigation and is also mobile-friendly. “We are thrilled to debut our new department website” said Insurance Commissioner Jim Ridling. “We believe …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 5:58 PM |
Coal Financing Drying Up as More Countries Target Zero Carbon Emissions
TOKYO – Financing for coal projects is drying up at ever increasing rates as more countries target zero carbon emissions amid an energy transition sweeping the world, participants at Asia’s biggest gathering of the coal industry said on Tuesday. The …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 5:46 PM |
No-Deal Brexit Would Cause More Damage to UK than COVID: BoE’s Bailey
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday a no-deal Brexit would cause longer-term damage to Britain’s economy than the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of the change might be felt for decades. “Well, I think the long-term effects …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 5:34 PM |
Louisiana Virus Aid Funds Run Low with Small Business, Local Requests Unmet
Louisiana will run out of federal coronavirus money before it pays out grants to all eligible small businesses and local government agencies seeking dollars from COVID-19 aid programs created by Gov. John Bel Edwards and lawmakers. Officials running the programs …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 5:30 PM |
Louisiana Ag Commissioner Pushing Farmers, Ranchers to Apply for Virus Aid
Louisiana’s agriculture commissioner is urging the state’s farmers and ranchers to turn in their applications for federal coronavirus assistance ahead of next month’s deadline, and he’s worried some who are eligible may be missing out on available aid. The U.S. …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 5:22 PM |
Usage-Based Insurer Metromile to Become Public Company
Metromile Inc., the pay-per-mile auto insurer, has reached a deal to go public by merging with Insu Acquisition Corp. II (Insu II), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The merger will result in Metromile becoming a publicly listed company without …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 5:06 PM |
Minnesota Fraud Bureau: Insurance Fraud Referrals Up in 2019 but not for Agents
While Minnesota insurance regulators saw an uptick in the number of fraud case referrals during 2019, agent and broker fraud referrals were down significantly that year, the most recent for which insurance fraud statistics for the state are available. In …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 4:42 PM |
Finnis Named a Central Region VP at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has named Lauren Finnis vice president, Customer & Broker Engagement, for the Central Region, based in Chicago. She was previously vice president of Customer & Broker Engagement for the Eastern Region. Finnis has more than …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 4:26 PM |
Zywave Acquires Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC)
Insurance technology provider Zywave announced the acquisition of Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a leading provider of marketing, rating and management software and services to the insurance industry. Zywave said the acquisition enables it to deliver operations, sales and marketing solutions …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 3:07 PM |
Colorado Outfitter Sues Former Guide, Claims ‘Trade Secrets’
Stephen Bass approached Andy Sovick last year with a plan for writing a guide to snowmobile-access skiing around one of the most popular backcountry destinations in Colorado: Buffalo Pass near Steamboat Springs. Bass, a ski patroller at Utah’s Powder Mountain …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 3:04 PM |
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