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28 08, 2020

Germany’s Merkel Urges Stronger Global Effort on Climate Change

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that global efforts to combat climate change were insufficient, and that she would accelerate the fight to combat it in coming years. At a news conference, she said the European Union needed to …

28 08, 2020

China’s Ping An Reports Steady Results for First Half

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Ping An Insurance Company of China announced its 2020 interim results for the six month period ended June 30, 2020. The integrated financial services company said it maintained steady business performance in the period by continuing the transformation of the …

28 08, 2020

California Department of Insurance Issues Cease And Desist for Illegal Extended Warranties

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The California Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order on Elite Integrity LLC, doing business as Auto Protection Plus, in Garden Grove, and its controlling manager, Kamisha Daniel, of Irvine, for allegedly selling illegal vehicle service contracts to …

28 08, 2020

Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Minneapolis Courthouse During Unrest

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A man accused of causing fire damage to a courthouse in Minnesota’s Dakota County in the days after George Floyd’s death in police custody has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting arson. Fornandous Henderson, 32, of Savage, entered the plea …

28 08, 2020

CoreLogic Estimates Hurricane Laura Insured Losses at $8B to $12B

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Property information, analytics and data provider, CoreLogic, has estimated residential and commercial insured losses from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and Texas will come in at between $8 billion and $12 billion. That estimate includes losses from storm surge and wind, …

21 08, 2020

Overall U.S. Traffic Is Down 16% for Year

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Travel on all U.S. roads and streets for 2020 is down by 264.2 billion vehicle miles, or 16.6%, according to the Department of Transportation. For June traffic was down 36.5 billion vehicle miles, or 13.0%, compared with June 2019. Travel …

21 08, 2020

Louisiana Governor Sets Goal: Net Zero Greenhouse Gases by 2050

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Louisiana’s governor has signed an executive order setting a state goal for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, drawing swift praise from environmental groups. At least 23 other states and the District of Columbia have set greenhouse gas targets, …

21 08, 2020

Texas Pharmacy Marketer Charged in $60M Kickback Scheme

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A Texas-based pharmacy marketer has been charged by federal in a conjunction to a scheme to collect more than $60 million in healthcare kickbacks. Vinson Woodlee, owner and president of Med Left LLC, has been charged with violating the federal …

21 08, 2020

One80 Launches Transportation Threat Protect Program for Commercial Auto Operations

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One80 Intermediaries (One80), a national wholesale insurance broker and program manager headquartered in Boston, has launched the Transportation Threat Protect (TTP) program. TTP was designed to protect commercial drivers and transport operations from the growing risk of hijack, kidnap, malicious …

21 08, 2020

Federal Panel Backs Workers’ Comp for Washington State Hanford Employees

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A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Washington has a right to create laws giving employees of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation easier access to health benefits if they become ill at work. The decision by a panel of judges …