Investigators say lightning has sparked a fuel tank explosion that left a crater 40 feet wide at an Ohio gas station. The blast and fire in the evening on Aug. 3 prompted a temporary evacuation near the Gas Depot in …
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Officials in the City of Lexington, N.C., have declared a state of emergency after a break occurred in a 16-inch water main. The Dispatch of Lexington reports restaurants and other businesses closed on Monday. City offices closed at noon. Citizens …
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Hub International Limited announced that its subsidiary Hub New England hired Christopher Taylor as senior vice president and marketing executive for Specialty Lines. Taylor brings directors and officers liability (D&O) expertise to the territory where he will focus on specialty …
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Everyone in Louisiana who buys property insurance will lose 28 percent of a tax credit they can get for covering the debt of the state’s property insurer of last resort. In addition, the reduction is retroactive, meaning those who failed …
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule Wednesday requiring companies to reveal the pay gap between the chief executive officer and their typical worker, handing a new weapon to groups protesting rising income inequality. The commission voted 3 …
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A summer deluge has flooded streets in the Tampa Bay area, forcing some road closings and evacuations, delaying airline flights and overtaxing parts of local wastewater treatment systems. Major intersections were closed Monday near downtown Tampa, snarling traffic throughout the …
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Greg O’Brien Insurance Services in Santa Barbara, Calif. has become Consolidated Agency Partners Inc.’s 200th agency member. Reno, Nev.-based CAP offers a range of commercial and personal carrier products. CAP has offices in Nevada, California and Michigan.
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Hundreds of local governments and other public entities are seeking a share of Ohio’s $11.5 million settlement with two rock salt producers that were accused of conspiring to drive up prices. The state alleged that Morton Salt Inc. and Cargill …
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Portage, Mich.-based insurance wholesaler, J.M. Wilson, has added two new property/casualty underwriters: Blayne White and Robbin Nichols. Both White and Nichols will quote new and renewal commercial property/casualty risks and serve independent insurance agents in Michigan. White graduated from Olivet …
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The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine, hired Marcia Hartt as agency services administrator to enhance MEMIC’s relationship with insurance agencies. She is based in MEMIC’s Portland headquarters office. Hartt began her career in insurance in …
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