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Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it had reached a tentative settlement to resolve probes by U.S. states into whether it misled consumers about the safety of its talc products, which thousands of lawsuits claim can cause cancer.
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A U.S. appeals court Monday revived a $10 billion lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Integris Group Inc. has promoted Garrett P. Cronin to chief underwriting officer, the Glastonbury, Connecticut-based medical professional liability insurer said Tuesday.
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South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would create a compensable cancer presumption for professional and volunteer firefighters.
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Origami Risk, a Chicago-based risk management software company, announced Tuesday the launch of its cellphone app Origami Mobile, designed for use by industry safety professionals.
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Police are chasing after a Paulding County, Georgia, woman who they say submitted nearly 50 fake claims under her pet’s health insurance policy, WSB-TV in Atlanta reported.
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Strategic Risk Solutions Inc. said Tuesday it has hired Tom Keist, former global captive solutions leader at Swiss Re Ltd., as chief commercial officer of its recently launched managing general agent.
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The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance on Tuesday announced that workers compensation insurance premiums will decline by an average of 9.4% for most Tennessee businesses in 2024.
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Essential government workers in Maryland diagnosed with long COVID would be presumed to have a compensable occupational disease, under a bill introduced in the state Senate on Friday.
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Brown & Brown Inc. reported fourth-quarter revenue of $1.03 billion, a 13.8% increase compared with the year-earlier period, while net income soared 85% to $268.6 million.
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Insurance rates for most major lines of commercial coverage increased at a faster pace in the fourth quarter, compared with the prior quarter, according to Ivans Insurance Services, a unit of Applied Systems Inc.
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Office building owners, faced with a record level of vacancies driven by the continuing shift to hybrid work, may experience pushback from insurers that previously were eager to provide coverage for the risks.
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Prodigy Care Services LLC, an Austin, Texas-based workers compensation technology company, announced Monday that it has launched its PACparency financial reporting platform.
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Ascot Group Ltd. Monday announced four new hires in its U.S. excess casualty team.
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Acrisure LLC said Monday it has formed a Northwest region, continuing the brokerage’s reorganization that began last year.
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A former city firefighter who developed colorectal cancer is unlikely to prove his illness was tied to his work duties, the Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims ruled Friday.
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While frontline workers experienced increased burnout and mental health issues during the early years of the pandemic, many reported no significant concerns about substance use, according to a study by Florida Atlantic University.
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Lactose intolerant and other Dunkin’ Donuts customers with milk allergies think it’s time to sue the coffee chain over its practice of charging an additional $0.50 to $2.15 for substitute products such as almond or soy milk.
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Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. on Monday announced it has appointed Kimberly George as its first global chief brand officer.
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