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Casting aside all legal reason, a counterfeit sneakermaker took sneaker giant Nike’s slogan to heart when it allegedly created and sold its own shoes with the trademark swoosh: just do it.

Markel, the insurance operation of Markel Group Inc., Tuesday named former American International Group Inc. executive Rob Cole as chief actuarial officer.

The owners of a California commercial cleaning company were scheduled to be sentenced this week in connection with a $4 million workers compensation fraud scheme, prosecutors announced Monday.

While more states than ever are accepting first responder standalone mental injury claims, the number of states that have workers compensation presumptions for job-related physical diseases continue to far outweigh mental injury presumptions, according to research publicized on Monday by Drexel University.

A Delaware state court judge said Monday that a Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. unit is not required to pay more than $372 million that 3M and subsidiary Aearo Technologies LLC incurred defending injury lawsuits related to the use of combat earplugs.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday that it cited a national commercial flooring company after an investigation earlier this year identified more than a dozen health and safety violations.

The Reinsurance Association of America and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration signed a memorandum of understanding Monday, the latest example of an insurance sector organization working more closely with climate researchers to understand and mitigate natural catastrophe losses.

Stephen Cooper, executive director and senior economist at the National Council on Compensation Insurance, discusses medical inflation and other issues affecting the workers compensation sector.

TMG Insurance Services LLC said Monday it has hired former Canopius Group Ltd. executive Coleman Johnson as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer, a newly created role.

Novatae Risk Group, the wholesale unit of World Insurance Associates LLC, said Monday it has acquired St. Louis-based specialty intermediary Denali Specialty Group LLC.

Bermuda-based Mosaic Insurance Holdings Ltd. Monday announced several leadership changes as it reorganized its underwriting and operational teams.

Specialty insurance brokerage and consulting firm Risk Strategies announced Monday it appointed former Panorama Risk & Insurance Solutions executive vice president Troy Bagwell as commercial lines leader for the West region.

The Baldwin Insurance Group Inc. Monday named Amy Carlisle president of MGA solutions and Austin Rock president of capacity solutions.