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Joseph Schauer Named President, CEO at Ohio Agency, Schauer Group
Joseph D. Schauer has been named president and chief executive officer at Schauer Group Inc., a Canton, Ohio-based risk management, business insurance and human capital services firm. Schauer represents the fourth generation of the 102-year-old company. In addition, Aimee B. …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 7:47 AM |
Aviva Pushes Back Deadline for Final Offers for Polish Operations: Sources
LONDON – Aviva has pushed back the deadline for final offers for its Polish operations to late March as the British insurer is still haggling with Spanish lender Santander over the renewal of a key distribution agreement in Poland, sources …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 7:15 AM |
Texas’ Upland Capital Group Launches Excess Transportation Liability Program
Newly launched specialty lines insurer, Dallas-based Upland Capital Group (Upland), has added an Excess Transportation Liability (XTL) specialty insurance offering targeting fleet sizes up to 250 revenue producing vehicles. Upland will be writing the program in all 50 states on …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 7:02 AM |
Kentucky High School Athletic Association Sued Over Coronavirus Policy
A Kentucky parent has filed a lawsuit against the Kentucky High School Athletic Association over a policy on when student athletes can return to competition after testing positive for COVID-19. Jon Kelly Johnson, a dentist from Mount Sterling, filed the …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 6:51 AM |
Texas Insurance Exec, Harrison, Honored by Big ‘I’ with Woodworth Memorial Award
Longtime Texas insurance agency executive, William “Bill” E. Harrison Jr., has been honored by the Big “I” with its Woodworth Memorial Award, the national independent insurance agency association’s highest honor. The Woodworth Memorial Award recognizes individuals who serve the insurance …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 6:01 AM |
Liberty Mutual Boosts Profit for Q4 and Year
Liberty Mutual reported net income of $162 million for the fourth quarter and $758 million for the full year 2020, versus a fourth quarter net loss of $301 million and net income $1.037 billion for full year 2019 Liberty Mutual …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 6:00 AM |
Insurance Technowledgy: Hippo, Vertafore, Monte Carlo, Coterie, Buckle and More
InsurTech Hippo is partnering with ADT to add professionally installed and monitored smart home services and discounts for home insurance customers. Hippo customers in select states who enroll in its smart home program will be offered free installation of an …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 6:00 AM |
Workers’ Compensation and COVID: More Data on Evolving Claims
Workers’ compensation insurers aren’t getting the large aggregate volumes of COVID-related claims projected during the early months of the pandemic, but different data sources give varying readouts on developments for individual U.S. states and classes of workers. In fact, while …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 6:00 AM |
Fatal Crash in Florida Keys Cuts Power, Shuts Down 3 Schools
A fatal car crash in the Florida Keys on Tuesday morning caused traffic delays and caused officials to close three schools. The crash, which happened around 5:30 a.m. in Key Largo, also knocked down some power lines, the Monroe County …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 5:19 AM |
Bill to Limit COVID-19 Lawsuits Approved in Missouri Senate
Missouri senators have passed a bill to shield hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged wrongdoing during the pandemic. The GOP-led Senate voted 20-13 in favor of the bill, which now goes to the Republican-led state House. Republican …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 1:39 AM |
FOX News
Partisanship prevails as Biden pushes agenda with little GOP support
For all of Biden’s longtime relationships with Republican lawmakers, he may find that Beltway gridlock is the one beast he cannot slay.
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 8:08 AM |
Buffalo schools fail kids when teaching that all white people play part in systemic racism: Rufo
Buffalo schools have adopted a curriculum that pushes the controversial idea that all white people perpetuate systemic racism while only 80% of its students fail to reach proficiency in reading and writing, an editor said Wednesday.
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 7:00 AM |
McCarthy, Cheney have uncomfortable exchange with reporters over Trump speaking at CPAC
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House GOP member, had a tense exchange with reporters Wednesday over whether former President Trump should speak at CPAC as planned this weekend.
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 6:50 AM |
New York Democrat calls for investigation into allegations against Cuomo
A New York lawmaker took to Twitter late Wednesday to call for an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations leveled against the state’s embattled governor.
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 6:30 AM |
Anti-Trump sentiment, not science, may be behind Dems’ school closures, liberal NY Times columnist writes
In an opinion article published online Thursday, a top liberal columnist for The New York Times blamed Democrats for the harm being inflicted on millions of the nation’s children by a year of school closures – describing it as a "tragedy we haven’t adequately confronted."
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 6:12 AM |
Victim’s glasses allegedly found in car of South Dakota AG who said he hit a deer
South Dakota’s attorney general — who said he hit a deer after fatally striking a pedestrian last year — allegedly had the victim’s glasses inside his car, according to newly-released interviews.
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 5:37 AM |
LIVE UPDATES: Joe Biden State Department creates new diversity officer position
The new officer will ‘hold senior leadership accountable' for implementing new diversity and inclusion programs and report directly to Blinken, he said.
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 5:26 AM |
DC Mayor Bowser’s sister dies from COVID-19
Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, D.C., announced Wednesday the death of her sister to COVID-19.
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 5:05 AM |
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: COVID, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Constitution
Dr. Anthony Fauci's recent suggestion about wearing two mask, possibly until the end of 2022 got me thinking again about first principles.
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 5:01 AM |
Ingraham: Democrats making ‘huge mistakes’ by ‘vilifying’ Manchin, propping up Neera Tanden
Democrats are wrong to argue that Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition to the nomination of Neera Tanden to head the Office of Management and Budget stems from bigotry, Laura Ingraham said Wednesday.
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 4:54 AM |
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