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10 06, 2015

Arson Suspected in Car Dealership Fire in Northern California

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Arson investigators say they suspect car fires were intentionally set at a dealership north of San Francisco. KNTV-TV reported Sgt. Sasha D’Amico says officers found several vehicles on fire when they responded to a call Wednesday night about a brush …

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9 06, 2015

EPIC Hires Hughes as Senior Benefits Consultant in Northeast

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Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant based in San Francisco, hired Rosemary Hughes as principal and senior benefits consultant. Hughes is responsible for employee benefits consulting and new business development. She …

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11 06, 2015

Fire at Texas Animal Clinic Kills 38 Animals

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Officials say 38 animals have died from a fire that engulfed an animal hospital in East Texas. Texas media outlets report 40 animals were at Kimbrough Animal Hospital in Longview when the fire started late on June 9. According to …

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9 06, 2015

Topa in California Promotes Three People to Key Posts

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Los Angeles, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Co. has promoted three people to key positions. Chuck Williamson has been promoted to assistant vice president and controller, Tina Epstein Abrams has been promoted to assistant vice president in commercial wholesale brokerage and Tyna …

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9 06, 2015

Student Sues Montana University Over ‘Negligent’ Sex Offender Hire

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A former student is suing Montana State University for hiring a convicted sex offender as a music professor, saying the school’s negligence allowed Shuichi Komiyama to manipulate and rape her. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported that the judge has not …

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12 06, 2015

Homes, Farmland Underwater in Louisiana as Red River Floods

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Flooding from the swelling Red River put hundreds of homes and farmland underwater or in danger in rural northwest Louisiana, and state officials said that they would seek a federal disaster declaration to get help for residents. Recovery teams were …

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9 06, 2015

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects NRA Challenge to San Francisco Gun Law

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The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a National Rifle Association challenge to a San Francisco law that requires people who store handguns at home to either put them in a lockbox or disable them with a trigger lock. Over two …

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10 06, 2015

Miller Confirmed as Pennsylvania’s Insurance Commissioner

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Pennsylvania’s Senate unanimously confirmed Teresa Miller as the state’s insurance commissioner. Miller was appointed to the commissioner post by Gov. Tom Wolf and has been serving as the state’s acting insurance commissioner following the governor’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Miller, …

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9 06, 2015

XL Catlin Launches 24/7 Product Recall Crisis Network in Asia

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XL Catlin announced that its product recall insurance team in Asia has launched ”Response XL Catlin,” a tailored network of expert crisis consultants, which will be supported in the region by global communications company Bell Pottinger. With established networks in …

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11 06, 2015

Portsmouth, N.H., Officials Call for Proof of Insurance for Rideshare Services

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City officials in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, are calling for ride-hailing services like Uber to prove they’re commercially insured. The Portsmouth Herald reports that Assistant Mayor Jim Splaine released an amended ordinance this week that would mandate ride-hailing services to have …

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