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9 05, 2024

After Deadly Oklahoma Tornado, Storms Bring Twisters to Midwest

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DETROIT (AP) — Severe storms battered the Midwest on Tuesday, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes throughout the region a day after a deadly twister ripped through a small Oklahoma town and killed at least one …

9 05, 2024

People Moves: Leif Assurance Promotes Langworthy to Enterprise Relationship Manager

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Leif Assurance, a full-service insurance agency that exclusively handles construction insurance, has promoted Melinda Langworthy to the role of Enterprise Relationship Manager. Prior to this new position, she served as the company’s Senior Sales Account Executive. Langworthy will be responsible …

8 05, 2024

Markets/Coverages: FM Global Names Leadership for New Renewable Energy Unit

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Commercial property insurer FM Global announced the launch of a renewable energy unit to help clients in the transition to alternative energy through research and innovation, and to support the overall advancement of the renewable energy industry. FM Global’s Renewable …

9 05, 2024

People Moves: Roberts Joins LP Insurance in California; AMERIND Names Sattler CFO

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Roberts Joins LP Insurance Services Employee Benefits Brokerage Team Lynn Roberts joined the employee benefits group in the Gold River, California, office of LP Insurance Services LLC. Roberts has over 30 years of industry experience and most recently worked as …

9 05, 2024

Vendor That Mishandled Pennsylvania Virus Data to Pay $2.7M in Whistleblower Case

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A large staffing firm that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the Justice Department and a company whistleblower, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. …

9 05, 2024

Nevada Launches Home Insurance Tool to ID Carriers by ZIP

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The Nevada Division of Insurance is launching a web-based tool that enables Nevada consumers to identify insurance carriers that are currently accepting home insurance applications by specific ZIP code. The NVDOI said its tool is a recognition that personal home …

9 05, 2024

Report: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Increased 2% in 2023

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Written premium in calendar year 2023 was 2% higher than the prior year, driven by continued economic expansion, but partially offset by continued rate decreases, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Wednesday released …

9 05, 2024

Judge Dismisses Suit by Mother Who Claimed School Hid Teen’s Gender Expression

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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Maine woman who accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting parents. U.S. District Judge Jon …

9 05, 2024

Safety Lapses Contributed to Patient Assaults at Oregon State Hospital: Federal Report

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Safety lapses at the Oregon State Hospital contributed to recent patient-on-patient assaults, a federal report on the state’s most secure inpatient psychiatric facility has found. The investigation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that staff didn’t always …

9 05, 2024

The World’s Biggest Carbon Removal Plant Comes Online in Iceland

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Amid the steam rising around Iceland’s Hellisheioi station sits a newly built warehouse surrounded by giant fans run by carbon removal startup Climeworks. Dubbed Mammoth, the project is now the world’s biggest plant to suck carbon dioxide from the air. …