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9 10, 2024

Intersys Expands in UK Insurance Market With Launch of London Office

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Intersys, the UK-based provider of cyber risk management solutions, announced its expansion in the UK insurance market with the opening of an office in Leadenhall Market in London. Intersys’ London office will serve as a hub for delivering cutting-edge cyber …

4 10, 2024

US Dockworkers Suspend Three-Day Strike After Contract Extension

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US dockworkers agreed to end a three-day strike that had paralyzed trade on the US East and Gulf coasts and threatened to become a factor in the presidential election. The International Longshoremen’s Association and the US Maritime Association extended their …

4 10, 2024

Taiwan Reopens, Clearing Up Damage After Typhoon Krathon

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Southern Taiwan worked on Friday to clear up damage from flooding and high winds after Typhoon Krathon slammed into a major port city, while most of the rest of the island resumed work and financial markets re-opened. Krathon, now downgraded …

4 10, 2024

Antarctica Had Less Winter Sea Ice in 2024 Than Any Year Except 2023

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Antarctic sea ice at its annual peak this year covered the second-lowest area on record. It was just shy of last year’s record low, continuing what scientists fear is a trend caused by climate change. The ice covered 17.16 million …

4 10, 2024

Shipping Containers Are Regularly Lost at Sea. What Happens When They Burst Open?

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Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size plastic turkey decoys made for hunters, colorful squirt guns. And Crocs …

4 10, 2024

Massachusetts Governor Healey Names Caljouw as Insurance Commissioner

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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced the appointment of Michael T. Caljouw as state’s new insurance commissioner. Caljouw comes to DOI with 33 years of experience in insurance law and policy in the state, including most recently as government affairs vice …

4 10, 2024

Helene’s Flooding a Reminder of Appalachia’s Growing Risk From Violent Storms

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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Helene dumped trillions of gallons of water hundreds of miles inland, devastating communities nestled in mountains far from the threat of storm surge or sea level rise. But that distance can conceal a history of …

4 10, 2024

Helene-Soaked Florida Faces New Threat: Up to a Foot of Rain

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One week after Hurricane Helene barreled ashore, Florida is bracing for another round of heavy rainfall and strong winds from a tropical system brewing in the Atlantic. The potential storm could bring as much as a foot of rain to …

4 10, 2024

NC Town That Produces Quartz for Tech Products is Devastated by Helene

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SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber-optic cables have been shut down by Hurricane Helene with no reopening date in sight. Sibelco and The Quartz …

4 10, 2024

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Yanks Dentist’s COVID Insurance Coverage Win

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings and denied a dentist’s bid for coverage for loss of use of his offices due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The high court concluded in a case involving CNA and Valley Forge …