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Bipartisan COVID-19 Plan Separates Coronavirus Liability Protections, State Aid
A bipartisan group of lawmakers released proposed Covid-19 relief legislation that may provide momentum for breaking a months-long impasse, by separating out coronavirus liability protections and ...
Majority of Americans Skipping Travel This Christmas
With a new surge in COVID-19 cases and stay-at-home orders in place across the country, two-thirds of Americans say they will not travel this Christmas, according to a national survey commissioned by ...
APCIA 2021 Lobbying Priorities: Pandemic, Social Inflation, Disaster Mitigation and More
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, insurance industry lobbyists such as Nat Wienecke of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association have continued to do their jobs. Like most of us, ...
Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ O’Leary to Give Up CEO Title; Glomb to Succeed Him
Philadelphia Insurance Companies' longtime leader Bob O'Leary will give up his CEO title at the end of 2020, with company President John Glomb on tap to succeed him. O'Leary, who served 8 years as ...
Executives On The Move at USAA, BHSI and QBE North America
Everest Re's President and CEO is joining USAA's board of directors. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance promoted a veteran executive to the role of Head of Professional Lines for the U.S. Four ...
Cyber Attacks Reportedly Hitting Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution Infrastructure
Cyber attacks have been waged against COVID-19 vaccine distribution infrastructure, including a cold-chain storage company, U.S. Senator Gary Peters said on Thursday. "IBM recently released a very ...
A Crisis Within a Crisis: How COVID-19 Is Driving the Opioid Epidemic
While the current national health conversation has largely centered on the COVID-19 pandemic, another ongoing and deadly battle has been looming in the background: the opioid crisis. The misuse of ...
Banks, Global Law Enforcement Battle COVID-19 Crime Wave
Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of tackling criminals seeking to cash in on coronavirus. ...