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Victoria Spears

Victoria Spears

Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].

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May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Old Republic Announces Changes in Senior Executive Ranks

Old Republic International Corporation has made several changes in its senior executive ranks effective October 1, 2019.

By Victoria Spears

2 minute read

May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Maryland Governor Signs Bills Expanding Firefighter Workers' Comp Benefits

Maryland's governor, Larry Hogan, has signed two bills into law expanding cancer coverage benefits for firefighters under Maryland' s workers' compensation law.

By Victoria Spears

1 minute read

May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Insurance Coverage Law Center Publishes 'Pennsylvania Supreme Court Considering Insurance Coverage for Shootings'

The Insurance Coverage Law Center has published “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Considering Insurance Coverage for Shootings” in its Eye on the Experts column.

By Victoria Spears

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May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

SUNZ Insurance Hires Derrick Killian as Senior Staffing Underwriter

Derrick Killian has been hired as senior staffing underwriter by SUNZ Insurance.

By Victoria Spears

2 minute read

May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Nationwide and Ryan Specialty Group to Partner in New Venture

Nationwide and Ryan Specialty Group have agreed to enter into a joint venture that creates a new reinsurance company, Geneva Re Ltd.

By Victoria Spears

3 minute read

May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Employers Mutual Casualty to Acquire All Remaining Shares of EMC Insurance Group for $36 per Share in Cash

Employers Mutual Casualty Company and EMC Insurance Group Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which EMCC will acquire all of the remaining shares it does not own of EMCI for $36.00 per share in cash.

By Victoria Spears

4 minute read

May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

NYDFS to Investigate If Nurses Carrying Naloxone Are Being Denied Life Insurance

The New York State Department of Financial Services will investigate reports that some nurses have been denied life insurance coverage for carrying opioid overdose reversal medications such as Naloxone or Narcan.

By Victoria Spears

2 minute read

May 09, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Prosecutors Allege Two Caused Hundreds of Millions in Losses in Insurance Investment Fraud

Two former private equity executives have been charged for their alleged participation in an insurance investment scheme that prosecutors said resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in victim losses.

By Victoria Spears

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May 09, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

California Department of Insurance Says Wildfire Insurance Losses Now Top $12 Billion

Insured losses from the most destructive wildfire month in California's history climbed $614 million in the first three months of the year, pushing total claims over $12 billion as of April, according to new data released by the California Department of Insurance.

By Victoria Spears

2 minute read

May 09, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Gartner Predicts 'Blockchain Fatigue' by 2023

By 2023, 90 percent of blockchain-based supply chain initiatives will suffer 'blockchain fatigue' due to a lack of strong use cases, according to Gartner, Inc.

By Victoria Spears

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