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29 08, 2023

NCCI Calls for Average 15% Decrease in Florida Workers’ Compensation Rates

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The National Council on Compensation Insurance has proposed an average 15.1% decrease in rates for Florida, starting Jan. 1, the latest and one of the largest reduction recommendations in more than a decade of rate filings. The filing, which will …

29 08, 2023

Drugmaker Mallinckrodt Files for Second Bankruptcy in the US

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Drugmaker Mallinckrodt on Monday filed for its second bankruptcy in three years in the United States, with a restructuring plan that would cut $1 billion from what it owes to victims of the opioid crisis. The Ireland-based company initiated Chapter …

29 08, 2023

Toyota’s Japan Production at Standstill as System Failure Hits All 14 Assembly Plants

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Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday said it has suspended operations at all 14 of its assembly plants in Japan due to a production system malfunction, bringing domestic output to a standstill at the world’s biggest-selling automaker. The glitch is preventing …

29 08, 2023

Hundreds of P&O Cruise Passengers Flown Home After Tanker Crash

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Hundreds of passengers on a P&O cruise ship that crashed into an oil tanker during a storm in Spain have been flown home. The flagship Britannia departed the Mediterranean island of Palma de Mallorca on Monday and will return to …

29 08, 2023

Federal Judge Set to Decertify Google Play Class Action

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A U.S. judge plans to free Google from having to defend against a class action by 21 million consumers who claimed it violated federal antitrust law by overcharging them in its Google Play app store. Monday’s decision by U.S. District …

29 08, 2023

El Niño Likely to Develop Between Sept and Nov, Australian Weather Bureau Says

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Australia’s weather bureau said on Tuesday that sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific were rising and an El Niño weather event, which typically brings hotter, drier weather, would likely develop between September and November. El Niño is associated with …

29 08, 2023

Removing Fukushima’s Melted Nuclear Fuel Will Be Harder Than Wastewater Release

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At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central control room, the treated water transfer switch is on. A graph on a computer monitor nearby shows a steady decrease of water levels as treated radioactive wastewater is diluted …

29 08, 2023

Aston Lark Acquires UK Broker Curtis Marine

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Aston Lark, a Howden company, announced it has acquired Plymouth, UK-based marine insurance broker, Curtis Marine. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Curtis Marine will become part of Howden’s marine practice, trading under the Haven Knox-Johnston name. The …

29 08, 2023

2023 to Test Recent Growth in Private Flood Insurance Market

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The private flood insurance market has been growing but 2023 may provide a real test following Tropical Storm Hilary in California as well as future storms that may come during the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season. According to AM …

29 08, 2023

Student Pilot, Instructor Killed in Maine Plane Crash Identified

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Authorities identified the two people killed in a Maine plane crash as a flight instructor and student. The Beechcraft cargo plane crashed in a field in the town of Litchfield last Tuesday. Federal authorities are investigating the cause of the …