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Archive: July 2023

Texas Oil Company Fined $1.3M for Excess Emissions
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
Texas Oil Company Fined $1.3M for Excess Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency levied a $1.3 million fine on a Texas oil and gas company for excess emissions from tanks, flares and other equipment the EPA using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera that identifies hydrocarbon leaks. …
TD Garden Not Liable for Bruins Fan’s Slip-and-Fall
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
TD Garden Not Liable for Bruins Fan’s Slip-and-Fall
TD Garden’s owner Delaware North and its janitorial service are not liable for the injuries an attendee at a Boston Bruins hockey game suffered when he slipped and fell on the Boston arena’s concourse floor. Alexander Raheb had argued that …
People Moves: DOXA Adds New Team to Launch Property MGA
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
People Moves: DOXA Adds New Team to Launch Property MGA
DOXA Insurance Holdings Adds New Team to Launch Property MGA DOXA Insurance Holdings, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Ind., welcomed two new team members, Liz Coakley and Caitlin Murphy. Coakley and Murphy, senior-level underwriters with over 15 years of experience in …
Markets/Coverages: AXA XL Launches Carbon Emissions Product for Marine Clients
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
Markets/Coverages: AXA XL Launches Carbon Emissions Product for Marine Clients
AXA XL in the UK has launched its Excess Emissions Insurance product helping marine clients to manage their environmental footprint and support action on carbon emissions. In partnership with ClimateSeed – a company that provides premium carbon removal and avoidance …
US Fed Fines Deutsche Bank $186M for Failing to Beef Up Money Laundering Controls
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
US Fed Fines Deutsche Bank $186M for Failing to Beef Up Money Laundering Controls
The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it fined Deutsche Bank and its U.S. affiliates $186 million for failing to sufficiently address money laundering control problems and other shortcomings previously flagged by the U.S. central bank. The new penalty for lingering …
GOP Attorneys General Shift Battle Over Affirmative Action to Workplace
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
GOP Attorneys General Shift Battle Over Affirmative Action to Workplace
Thirteen Republican state attorneys general are cautioning CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies on the legal consequences for using race as a factor in hiring and employment practices, demonstrating how the Supreme Court’s recent ruling dismantling affirmative action in …
Mayfield, Kentucky, Hit by Floods 18 Months After Devastating Tornado
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
Mayfield, Kentucky, Hit by Floods 18 Months After Devastating Tornado
Parts of Kentucky cannot seem to catch a break from extreme weather events. Some 18 months after a powerful tornado ripped up much of downtown Mayfield, in southwestern Kentucky, heavily damaging businesses, homes, churches and a few insurance agencies, the …
Allstate Estimates Catastrophe Losses of $1 Billion in June, $2.7 Billion in Q2
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
Allstate Estimates Catastrophe Losses of $1 Billion in June, $2.7 Billion in Q2
Allstate Corp. announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of June of $1.01 billion, or $799 million, after-tax. June’s month catastrophe losses include 18 events estimated at $1.13 billion, with approximately 60% of the losses related to four wind and …
Tornado Rips Apart Pfizer Plant, Injures 16 in North Carolina
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
Tornado Rips Apart Pfizer Plant, Injures 16 in North Carolina
Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. said on Wednesday its plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, which is one of the largest sterile injectable product facilities in the world, has suffered heavy damage from a tornado. A company spokesperson in an emailed statement …
AIG, AXA Weighing Sales of UK Businesses: Sources
Insurance Journal | July 20, 2023
AIG, AXA Weighing Sales of UK Businesses: Sources
Two of the world’s largest insurers are weighing the sale of businesses in the United Kingdom, according to people familiar with the matter. American International Group Inc. is working with advisers to explore a sale of its life-insurance unit in …