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29 03, 2023

People Moves: Alera Group Names Ballantyne Managing Director of West Region

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Alera Group has appointed Cynthia Ballantyne as managing director of the West region. The West region includes 18 offices, 36 locations and 600 employees across California, Arizona and Nevada. Ballantyne joined Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group from Gallagher, where she was …

29 03, 2023

Wreckage Complicates Job of Investigators of Chocolate Factory Deadly Blast

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Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly explosion that leveled part of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory faced an even more difficult task Monday as they combed through wreckage that was extensively picked apart and moved around during the intensive …

29 03, 2023

At Least 50 U.S. Government Employees Hit With Spyware, Prompting New Rules

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At least 50 U.S. government staffers stationed in 10 countries were targeted with commercial hacking tools, commonly known as spyware, according to a senior administration official, highlighting the growing threat caused by offensive cyber vendors and prompting the White House …

30 03, 2023

Philips Expects to Reach Settlements This Year for Global Recall of Respiratory Devices

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Dutch health technology company Philips expects to reach settlements this year relating to its global recall of respiratory devices, CEO Roy Jakobs said in an interview with Dutch financial daily FD published on Thursday. “I think we can at least …

29 03, 2023

Brazil Miner Vale to Pay $56M to Settle SEC Charges Related to Dam Safety Disclosures

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Brazilian mining firm Vale SA agreed to pay $55.9 million to settle charges related to allegedly false and misleading disclosures about the safety of its dams prior to a 2019 dam collapse in Brazil that killed 270 people, the U.S. …

29 03, 2023

Washington Moves to End Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Time Limits

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People who were sexually abused as children in Washington state may soon be able to bring lawsuits against the state, schools or other institutions for failing to stop the abuse, no matter when it happened. House Bill 1618 would remove …

29 03, 2023

People Moves: INSUREtrust Names Levy EVP; W. R. Berkley Hires President of Berkley Luxury Group

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Levy Joins INSUREtrust as Executive Vice President INSUREtrust, a cyber insurance and risk management specialty broker within Starwind Specialty, has added Florence Levy as executive vice president. She will work out of Denver, Colorado. Before joining Norcross, Georgia-based INSUREtrust, Levy …

29 03, 2023

Internet Library’s Book Service Violated Copyright, Judge Rules

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A federal judge has sided with four publishers who sued an online archive over its unauthorized scanning of millions of copyrighted works and offering them for free to the public. Judge John G. Koeltl of U.S. District Court in Manhattan …

29 03, 2023

Health Officials See No Sign of Contamination of Philadelphia’s Water After Spill

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Philadelphia water officials say they are monitoring water quality closely and have seen no sign of contamination following a chemical spill into the Delaware River in a neighboring county. Bucks County health officials said Sunday that a leak late Friday …

29 03, 2023

$1.5M for California Homeowners Overcharged Under Wildfire Risk Score

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Kemper Independence Insurance Co. has issued more than $1.5 million in refunds to thousands of California homeowners after the California Department of Insurance found the carrier overcharged policyholders for wildfire risk. Kemper and its affiliate insurance company, Unitrin Auto and …