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Massachusetts Law Firm Sued by Attorney General Over Illegal Kickback Scheme
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has filed a lawsuit alleging a Massachusetts law firm accepted tens of thousands of dollars in illegal kickbacks from a pharmacy in exchange for referring hundreds of its personal injury clients to the pharmacy. In …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 1:31 PM |
SterlingRisk Insurance Promotes DelPrete to Chief Marketing Officer
SterlingRisk Insurance, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based, independently owned insurance brokerage, has promoted Geraldine DelPrete to chief marketing officer. According to SterlingRisk CEO David Sterling, DelPrete will oversee the strategy for all carriers across all SterlingRisk platforms, including large commercial and select, …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 1:22 PM |
Police Say Connecticut Workplace Shooter Extradited, Charged with Assault
A truck driver accused of shooting his boss and wounding another person outside a Connecticut industrial building was charged Wednesday with assault and other crimes after being brought back from Massachusetts, where police arrested him at gunpoint on a highway. …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 1:13 PM |
Major U.S. Tech Firms Look to Be Ignoring Europe’s Data Privacy Rules
Technology firms’ compliance with European restrictions on transatlantic data transfers is shockingly poor, Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems said on Monday, publishing a survey of companies including Facebook and Netflix. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 11:48 AM |
Even Failed Claims Against Nurses Cost Insurers $20K, Liability Study Shows
Liability claims that involve nurses cost an average of $210,513 if a large indemnity payment is made, but even claims that are dropped, defeated or dismissed end up costing more than $20,000, according to a report released by CNA and …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 11:39 AM |
Wildfire Forces Home, Hospital Evacuations in California’s Napa Valley Wine Area
A wind-driven wildfire erupted on Sunday in the heart of northern California’s Napa Valley wine country to spread across nearly 2,000 acres (809 hectares), forcing the evacuation of a hospital and hundreds of homes, authorities said. Fire crews were out …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 11:20 AM |
Munich Re Subsidiary NewRe Names Braune as CEO, Succeeding Strasser
New Reinsurance Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Munich Re, announced that its board of directors appointed Dr. Thomas Braune as its new chief executive officer. Braune will assume his new role on Oct. 1, 2020, succeeding Dr. Renate …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 11:16 AM |
Beazley Expands Life Sciences Insurance Offering in UK
Specialist insurer Beazley has enhanced its life sciences insurance offering in the UK with the launch of a new policy designed to protect the sector’s small and start-up research & development-focused organizations. This follows the UK launch of Beazley’s internationally …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 7:47 AM |
Florida Peninsula Promotes Gonzalez to Director of Agency Support
The Florida Peninsula Insurance family of companies, which includes Edison Insurance Co., has promoted Mariella Gonzalez to director of Agency Support. In addition to her current role as director of Community Involvement, Gonzalez will now oversee all agent support functions …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 7:31 AM |
Mississippi Receives $23M in Federal Funds for Flood Relief
Mississippi has received nearly $23 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to repair federal roadways that were damaged by severe flooding. U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the five Federal Highway Administration awards on Thursday, according …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 7:23 AM |
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