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31 08, 2023

University of Minnesota Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Negligence in Data Breach Incident

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data breach. Attorneys for the two …

31 08, 2023

Unprecedented Wildfire Season Ravages Louisiana as Drought and Heat Persist

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – One of the largest wildfires in Louisiana history continues to burn through land and threaten rural communities, which are used to flooding and hurricanes this time of year rather than drought and blazes. Louisiana has …

31 08, 2023

People Moves: UFG Names Saylor Vice President of Surety

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UFG Insurance Names Saylor Vice President of Surety UFG Insurance, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, named Kyanna Saylor vice president of surety. Saylor has been assistant vice president of surety marketing at UFG since 2019. She spent 15 years in …

31 08, 2023

Five More New Orleans Residents Charged for Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents

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Five more people have been charged with intentionally staging automobile accidents with tractor-trailers in New Orleans to defraud trucking and insurance companies in 2017. United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Antonine Clark, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana; …

31 08, 2023

Texas Agency Alliance Adds Four New Independent Member Agencies

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Texas Agency Alliance (TAA), an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the South-Central region of the state, announced the addition of four new independent member agencies. These new members bring TAA’s alliance to over 85 independent agencies. The new entrants …

31 08, 2023

Shooting That Wounded 2 at Chicago White Sox Game Likely Involved Gun fired Inside Stadium, Police Say

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CHICAGO (AP) – A shooting that wounded two women at last Friday night`s Chicago White Sox-Oakland Athletics game most likely involved a gun that went off inside Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago`s interim police superintendent said. Officials have said little about …

31 08, 2023

Forklift Operator Dies in Accident at Boston`s Logan Airport

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A forklift operator has died in an accident at Boston`s Logan International Airport, authorities said Wednesday. The 51-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was an employee of a JetBlue contractor. He was trying to drive a forklift through …

28 08, 2023

Severe Storms and Tornado Cause Damage and Power Outages in Michigan, Leaving 5 Dead

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CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – At least one tornado touched down in Michigan as part of severe storms powered by winds of up to 75 mph (121 kph) that downed trees, tore roofs off buildings and killed five people while …

28 08, 2023

People Moves: Sompo Int’l Taps Zurich’s Weiss as Head of Property & Energy, Continental Europe; Inigo Hires Aviation Specialist Harker From Marsh

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo International and Inigo Limited. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Int’l Taps Zurich’s Weiss as Head of Property & Energy, Continental Europe Sompo International, the Bermuda-based provider …

28 08, 2023

Kansas City Fire Department Faces US Department of Justice Investigation for Alleged Racial Discrimination

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department is under a U. S. Department of Justice investigation for alleged racial discrimination, a Kansas City spokesperson confirmed to The Kansas City Star Thursday. Associated Press phone calls requesting …