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31 08, 2022

People Moves: Powers Adds 3 Members; Gardner Joins KAIA

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Powers Insurance & Risk Management Hires Three New Team Members Powers Insurance & Risk Management, one of the largest family-owned and operated independent insurance agencies in the St. Louis, Missouri, area, recently hired three new team members. Maggie Stringer, commercial …

30 08, 2022

Worker Fatality at New Hampshire Wastewater Treatment Plant Under Investigation

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An electric company employee working on a backup generator project at Keene, New Hampshire’s wastewater treatment plant suffered an injury and died, city officials said. The Hamblet Electric employee was fatally injured on Wednesday morning. Other employees used a defibrillator …

30 08, 2022

Reuters: Attacks on Gasfield in Northern Iraq Drive Out U.S. Contractors

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A series of rocket attacks on a gasfield in northern Iraq has sent the U.S. contractors working on its expansion packing, dealing a blow to the Kurdish region’s hopes of boosting its revenues and offering a small alternative to Russian …

30 08, 2022

OSHA Approves Massachusetts Public Sector Safety Plan

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently granted Massachusetts initial approval for a state-run safety and health plan for state and local government workers. The Massachusetts plan covers an estimated 430,000 state and local government …

30 08, 2022

Hurricane Alley Hasn’t Been This Quiet in a Quarter Century

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The Atlantic crucible of hurricanes hasn’t had a storm all month and if the calm holds it will stand as the quietest August in 25 years. The expanse of ocean between Africa and the Caribbean Sea has only had two …

30 08, 2022

Vehicle Pedestrian Safety Systems Struggle to See in the Dark: IIHS

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Many of the automatic braking systems automakers are using to prevent vehicles from hitting pedestrians do not work well in the dark, according to test results released Tuesday by the U.S. non-profitgroup Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The group, backed …

30 08, 2022

North Carolina Judge Sets Lindberg’s New Trial Date for March 2023

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A new trial for North Carolina insurance executive Greg Lindberg has been set for March 2023, three years after his conviction on bribery charges, a conviction that was later overturned. Federal prosecutors and Lindberg’s attorneys met with U.S. District Judge …

30 08, 2022

Florida Staffing Firm Head Sentenced to 24 Years for Long-Running Off-Book Labor Scheme

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From 2007 to 2021, federal prosecutors said, Mykhaylo Chugay and associates operated a number of shady staffing companies in south Florida that avoided paying more than $25 million in federal taxes. Last week, a federal judge sentenced Chugay to 24 …

30 08, 2022

Generali Completes Acquisition of AXA’s Malaysian P/C and Life Businesses

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Generali has completed the acquisition of the majority stakes in the AXA’s property/casualty and life businesses in Malaysia, which will position it as a top-tier general (or P/C) insurer in the country, in line with its strategy to strengthen its …

30 08, 2022

Biden Administration to Declare ‘Forever Chemicals’ Hazardous Substances

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The Biden administration said on Friday it will propose designating certain “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under the nation’s Superfund program, in a bid to spark cleanup of countless sites that have been found contaminated by the toxic industrial compounds. …