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6 06, 2025

Hub International Acquires Wycoff Insurance Agency in Washington

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Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Wycoff Insurance Agency Inc. in Mount Vernon, Washington. Wycoff Insurance will be referred to as Wycoff Insurance Agency, a Hub International company. Chris Eisses, president, Donnie Keltz, vice president, secretary and treasurer, and …

5 06, 2025

OpenAI Finds More Chinese Groups Using ChatGPT for Malicious Purposes

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OpenAI is seeing an increasing number of Chinese groups using its artificial intelligence technology for covert operations, which the ChatGPT maker described in a report released Thursday. While the scope and tactics employed by these groups have expanded, the operations …

5 06, 2025

Longtime Alabama Insurance Agent Announces Run for Governor

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Longtime Alabama insurance agent and former congressional candidate Ken McFeeters announced he is running for governor of Alabama next year, casting himself as a political outsider and accusing his opponent U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of being a “part of the …

5 06, 2025

SC Party Boat Shooting Victim Lawyer Says No One Checked IDs or For Weapons

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No one was checking IDs or for weapons before a party boat cruise that ended with a shooting that hurt 11 people in South Carolina over Memorial Day weekend, a lawyer for one of the victims said. Police have announced …

5 06, 2025

Patriot Growth Expands With Brennan & Co. Insurance Agency in Georgia

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Brennan & Co. insurance agency, based in Savannah, Georgia, is now part of Patriot Growth Services, a brokerage and insurance services firm that has grown rapidly since its founding in 2019. Brennan began business in 2005, specializing in commercial marine …

5 06, 2025

Chinese Hacked US Telecom a Year Before Known Wireless Breaches

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Corporate investigators found evidence that Chinese hackers broke into an American telecommunications company in the summer of 2023, indicating the country’s attackers penetrated the US communications system earlier than publicly known. Investigators working for the telecommunications firm discovered last year …

5 06, 2025

AI’s Need for Power Spurs Return of Dirty Gas Turbines

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If Stargate’s first AI data center is completed next year as planned, the 900-acre site will need enough round-the-clock electricity to support 300,000 homes. But securing that power isn’t as simple as plugging into the grid. Unlike arch rival Meta …

5 06, 2025

BlackRock Escapes Texas Oil-Boycott List After ESG Retreat

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BlackRock Inc. was removed from Texas’ blacklist of companies that boycott fossil fuels, ending a three-year standoff over the environmental policies of the world’s largest asset manager. The move means pension funds and other state-run investment accounts — which manage …

5 06, 2025

Deadly Flash Flooding Claims Life in Dallas As Severe Weather Hits Central U.S.

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One person has died after severe weather tore through parts of the central U.S., including heavy rain in Dallas, a tornado that touched down in the Kansas City area and flash flooding in Kansas that forced firefighters to rescue dozens …

5 06, 2025

People Moves: RT Specialty Tabs David Derigiotis to Lead New Detroit Office

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RT Specialty, a wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products and services and the wholesale broking specialty of Ryan Specialty, announced that it has opened an office in Detroit and hired David Derigiotis as EVP and office president. Derigiotis joins RT …