Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property and casualty insurer of high net worth individuals and families, has partnered with security firm Concentric Advisors to offer CyberSafe Solutions. The program is designed to help individuals better assess, prevent, detect …
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A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has rattled parts of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the tremor was recorded around 8:20 a.m. on June 8 about 12 miles northwest of Fairview. It was about three miles deep. Geologists say earthquakes …
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The Montana Farmers Union launched an initiative this month to educate its 11,000 members about the effects of global warming in Montana, where early signs may be decreasing snowpack and resilient weeds and pests. The union’s move is the first …
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Western National Insurance Group, based in Edina, Minn., has hired Jeffrey W. Post as vice president of Commercial Lines. Post joins Western National from QBE North America where he most recently held the position of chief operating officer, Middle Markets. He …
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Ohio beekeepers say they’ve lost much of their beehive colonies this past year, and that keeping their bees healthy is becoming increasingly difficult. From April 2014 to April 2015, Ohio beekeepers reported losing nearly 50 percent of their colonies, according …
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The South Dakota Supreme Court says a man who broke his ankle running away from a co-worker on whom he had played a prank at a construction site is entitled to workers’ compensation. In Jason Petrik v. JJ Concrete, Inc. …
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Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said this week he wants state transportation officials to consider adding support for self-driving cars as part of a multimillion-dollar highway widening and expansion project in Las Vegas. The Republican governor, who referenced a self-driving semitruck that …
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Two long-time White Castle employees from Minnesota are suing the fast food chain claiming they were forced from management positions because they’re too old. Fifty-eight-year-old Terry Fransen, of St. Paul, says he was a White Castle general manager for three …
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Many residents of tornado-ravaged Delmont, S.D., don’t plan to come back, and the community is looking for ways to pull through. About 200 people live in the town, and “it looks like maybe half will return,” Mayor Mae Gunnare told …
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Florida-based Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that the Michigan Department of Insurance issued a Certificate of Authority to Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPCIC), establishing UPCIC as a licensed insurance entity in Michigan. In addition to Florida, UPCIC is licensed …
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