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Wisconsin Roofing Contractor Faces $262K Fine for Failing to Protect Employees
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
Wisconsin Roofing Contractor Faces $262K Fine for Failing to Protect Employees
The U.S. Department of Labor has cited Wisconsin roofing contractor Bacilio Rios Almanza for failing to protect employees atop a residential roof from fatal fall hazards in Appleton in September 2024. After its investigation, the department’s Occupational Safety and Health …
Markets/Coverages: The Hanover, Hagerty Partner to Provide Collector Car Protection
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
Markets/Coverages: The Hanover, Hagerty Partner to Provide Collector Car Protection
The Hanover Insurance Group announced a collaboration with Hagerty to provide specialized insurance for classic cars. Hanover Collector Car, powered by Hagerty, combines the total account protection The Hanover is known for with Hagerty’s expertise in collector vehicle claims and …
Rising Civil Unrest, Political Violence Remain Top 10 Risk for Global Businesses: Allianz
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
Rising Civil Unrest, Political Violence Remain Top 10 Risk for Global Businesses: Allianz
Soaring levels of civil unrest and political violence are a key concern for businesses of all sizes as well as their insurers, according to report published by Allianz Commercial. The impact of civil unrest or strikes, riots and civil commotion …
California Bill Seeks to Beef up Consumer Privacy Protections for Insurance
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
California Bill Seeks to Beef up Consumer Privacy Protections for Insurance
A new bill introduced in California aims to increase transparency and accountability in California’s insurance market by bolstering consumer privacy protections and establishing a privacy rights framework for insurance licensees and their third-party service providers. Senate Bill 354, the Insurance …
EEOC Chief Shifts Focus to Investigating DEI but Methods Provoke an Outcry
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
EEOC Chief Shifts Focus to Investigating DEI but Methods Provoke an Outcry
The acting chief of the top federal agency for protecting worker rights has signaled a pivot toward prioritizing President Donald Trump’s campaign to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the private and public sectors. The initial steps taken …
West Texas Prepares for Oil Downturn Amid Trump Tariffs
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
West Texas Prepares for Oil Downturn Amid Trump Tariffs
When President Donald Trump boasted about falling oil prices on social media early Monday, the Texas oil and gas industry didn’t cheer along with him. Trump’s latest round of tariffs set off unease among industry groups representing Texas operators. Trade …
Texas Is Ground Zero for the US Battery Boom
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
Texas Is Ground Zero for the US Battery Boom
“Drill, baby, drill” may be Texas’s unofficial motto, but “store, baby, store” is becoming more accurate. The Lone Star State may be the heart of America’s oil and gas map, but it’s quickly becoming the biggest installer of a technology …
Totalis Acquires Michigan-Based MGA Brownyard MacLean
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
Totalis Acquires Michigan-Based MGA Brownyard MacLean
Totalis Program Underwriters, an underwriting platform providing specialty expertise and solutions for challenging and underserved areas of the market. announced the acquisition of Brownyard MacLean Security Insurance Services, LLC. Brownyard MacLean is a Michigan-based managing general underwriter and program administrator …
Why Some Storms Brew to Extreme Dimensions in the Middle of America
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
Why Some Storms Brew to Extreme Dimensions in the Middle of America
A powerful storm system that stalled over states from Texas to Ohio for several days in early April 2025 wreaked havoc across the region, with deadly tornadoes, mudslides and flooding as rivers rose. More than a foot of rain fell …
Kentucky Cleanup Begins After Surging Rivers Recede
Insurance Journal | April 10, 2025
Kentucky Cleanup Begins After Surging Rivers Recede
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After days of deluges overfilled rivers to near-record levels across Kentucky, residents were anxious Tuesday to return to their flooded homes and assess what’s salvageable, even as stubbornly high waters kept some of them waiting even …