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States Prepare Second Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google for December
A bipartisan group of U.S. states plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google as early as next month, according to two people briefed on the matter, potentially beating a more widely anticipated lawsuit from a different group of states …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 6:00 AM |
Best Agency to Work For Midwest: DSP Insurance Services
Always do what’s best for the customer. That’s one of the guiding principles at Schaumburg, Ill.-based DSP Insurance Services that employees cited over and over again in 2020 Insurance Journal’s Best Agencies to Work For survey as a reason why …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 6:00 AM |
Eberl in Colorado Names Morris Vice President of Sales
Lakewood, Colo.-based Eberl Claims Service has named Phillip Morris vice president of sales. Morris has more than 14 years of sales, marketing, claims-handling and insurance-industry experience. Previous workplaces include ThePowerMBA, Syndicate Claim Services Inc., the Hanover Insurance Group and Allstate …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 6:00 AM |
Best Agency to Work For West: Liberty Company Insurance Brokers
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Inc. in Woodland Hills, Calif., offered the perfect Hollywood ending for founder Bill Johnson. Johnson started the brokerage fresh out of college in 1987, then took a break to get into the film industry with …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 6:00 AM |
Best Agency to Work For South Central: INSURICA
With nearly six hundred employees and annual revenues of $115 million, Oklahoma City-based INSURICA may be a large agency with offices around the country but its employees still say that being at work is like being with family, albeit an …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 6:00 AM |
California Electrician Arraigned in $63K Workers’ Comp Scheme
Mark Redheffer, 48, of Fontana, Calif., was arraigned on felony counts of insurance fraud and attempted perjury after allegedly lying and concealing information in a workers’ compensation claim to receive more than $63,000 in temporary disability benefits from his employer, …
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2020 6:00 AM |
Mississippi Casino Sues Insurer Westchester for Not Paying COVID-19 Loss
A Mississippi Gulf Coast casino has become one of many businesses nationwide to sue its insurer for refusing to cover business losses because of the coronavirus pandemic. Island View Casino Resort in Gulfport contends in the federal lawsuit that its …
POSTED NOVEMBER 23, 2020 5:59 PM |
Louisiana’s Main Street Recovery Program to Award Another $2.3M in Grants
The Louisiana Main Street Recovery Program is adding another $2.3 million in funding to increase the number of grants that can be awarded to eligible small businesses. The additional money comes from a transfer of administrative funding and will allow …
POSTED NOVEMBER 23, 2020 5:56 PM |
Kemper to Acquire American Access Casualty in Illinois for $370M
Specialty insurer, Kemper Corp., has agreed to acquire American Access Casualty Co, and its related captive insurance agency, Newins Insurance Agency Holdings LLC, and its subsidiaries (collectively “AAC”). AAC is headquartered in Downers Grove, Ill. The $370 million transaction is …
POSTED NOVEMBER 23, 2020 5:47 PM |
Antidiscrimination Rules for Businesses OK’d by Georgia County Commissioners
A middle Georgia county has approved an anti-discrimination ordinance that would govern businesses, despite opposition from some. Macon-Bibb commissioners voted 5-4 in favor of the proposal on Tuesday, sending it to Mayor Robert Reichert for his signature or veto, news …
POSTED NOVEMBER 23, 2020 5:41 PM |
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