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30 03, 2021

Police Say New York Construction Worker Killed in Trench Collapse

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A construction worker was killed when a trench collapsed on him while he was working in a residential development in the Hudson Valley community of Woodbury, New York, police said. The 43-year-old worker was digging in a 10-foot ditch when …

29 03, 2021

Utah Passes Law Requiring Pilot Insurance Following Plan Crash

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The lawsuit from a 2017 crash of an airplane on 1900 West in Roy lingers on, more than three years after it was filed. The pilot, apparently, was not insured, leaving Samantha Sandoval – hit in her car in the …

30 03, 2021

California County Paying $4M in Misconduct Suits

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San Diego County has so far spent more than $4 million to settle a dozen lawsuits brought after a sheriff’s deputy admitted to on-duty misconduct with 16 women, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Union-Tribune cited documents that show lawyers for …

30 03, 2021

Washington School District Agrees to $4.25M Sex Assault Settlement

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A suburban Seattle, Wash., school district this week agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle a lawsuit that accuses a former middle school teacher of sexually assaulting his student for nearly a decade. According to the lawsuit, drama teacher Richard …

29 03, 2021

Tornado Touches Down in Vermont, Injuring at Least Two

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A tornado with an estimated wind speed of 110 mph touched down in Vermont on Friday afternoon, injuring at least two people. A statement from the National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont, says the tornado threw a barrel into a …

30 03, 2021

Insurance Techknowledgy: Marble Opens Up Wallet; AXA Funds Idelic’s Analytics; Markel Backs Counterpart Platform

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Insurtechs focused on consumer management of insurance policies and commercial fleet analytics are expanding their reach following funding rounds. Also, a new platform for offering management liability insurance to small firms debuts with backing from Markel. Marble Digital insurance policy …

26 03, 2021

North Dakota Seed Company to Pay $225K OSHA Penalty After Employee Injury

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A Fargo, N. D., birdseed production company has reached a settlement with a federal agency that investigated a severe and life-altering injury to an employee. The probe by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration stemmed from an incident in August …

26 03, 2021

Brokerslink Expands in Balkans with Addition of Broker in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Global broking network, Brokerslink, has further expanded its presence in the Balkan Peninsula with the addition of independent broker Advantis Insurance Broker, based in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Established in 2015, Advantis offers clients access to a wide range of product …

26 03, 2021

Former New York Postal Worker Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud

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A former postal employee has been sentenced to serve three years on probation for workers’ compensation fraud. Christine O’Neill, 61, of Johnson City, New York, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy for defrauding the U.S. …

26 03, 2021

Element Risk Management Acquires Henderson Insurance, Our Legacy Insurance

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Element Risk Management has acquired Henderson Insurance of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Our Legacy Insurance of Front Royal, Virginia. Henderson Insurance, founded by Jim Henderson in 1978, has served the central Pennsylvania community for more than 40 years. The Henderson staff …