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22 05, 2020

Texas Agency Sleeper Sewell Insurance Joins Insurors Group

By | May 22nd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Texas Agency Sleeper Sewell Insurance Joins Insurors Group

Dallas-based independent insurance agency, Sleeper Sewell Insurance, has joined Insurors Group LLC, an alliance of independent insurance agents in Texas. Sleeper Sewell Insurance was originally founded as Dwight Sleeper & Company in 1962 by Dwight W. Sleeper, Jr. In 2006, …

22 05, 2020

GOP Questions North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Candidate’s Eligibility

By | May 22nd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on GOP Questions North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Candidate’s Eligibility

The North Dakota Republican Party is questioning the eligibility of the Democratic candidate for state insurance commissioner, alleging she hasn’t lived in the state long enough to run for statewide office. In a letter to the Secretary of State’s office, …

22 05, 2020

Texas Insurer Germania Extending Auto Premium Paybacks Through June

By | May 22nd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Texas Insurer Germania Extending Auto Premium Paybacks Through June

Texas-based farm mutual insurance company, Germania Insurance, is extending its Reduced Driving Payback through June, raising its total reimbursement to policyholders to nearly $9 million in credits. Germania announced its Reduced Driving Payback program in April for personal auto policyholders. …

22 05, 2020

Bill Would Expand Louisiana’s Medical Marijuana Program

By | May 22nd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Bill Would Expand Louisiana’s Medical Marijuana Program

State lawmakers are poised to greatly expand Louisiana’s medical marijuana to make more people eligible for the treatment, under a bill that continued on May 20 to speed toward final passage. The proposal from Rep. Larry Bagley, the Republican chairman …

22 05, 2020

2 Construction Workers Killed in Mississippi Trench Collapse

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Rocks crushed two workers to death in a trench collapse at the site of town homes under construction in Mississippi. The workers were in the trench laying pipe for sewer lines when it collapsed Tuesday morning, Starkville Fire Chief Charles …

22 05, 2020

Chemours Won’t Face Federal Charges Over North Carolina GenX Contamination

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Federal prosecutors have declined to pursue criminal charges against a chemical company that for years discharged compounds with health risks that aren’t fully understood into a North Carolina river, the company disclosed. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Environmental Natural …

21 05, 2020

Safety Probe Cites ‘Poor Safety Culture’ for Fatal Air Ambulance Crash

By | May 21st, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Safety Probe Cites ‘Poor Safety Culture’ for Fatal Air Ambulance Crash

A lax safety culture at an air ambulance company led to the crash of a medical helicopter last year in snowy weather in Ohio that killed three people, federal investigators said Tuesday. Survival Flight’s “inadequate management of safety” led the …

21 05, 2020

Connecticut Reminds Businesses to Verify Insurance Coverage During Reopening

By | May 21st, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Connecticut Reminds Businesses to Verify Insurance Coverage During Reopening

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais and Economic Development Commissioner David Lehman are reminding businesses to make sure their insurance coverage accurately reflects any changed circumstances as they move to comply with Governor Ned Lamont’s reopening guidelines. “The pandemic has …

21 05, 2020

Rhode Island’s Lathrop Insurance Named Newest Member of Renaissance Alliance

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Lathrop Insurance Inc., a full-service independent insurance agency located in Westerly, R.I., has been named as the newest member of Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services. Established in 1939 by Francis Lathrop Sr., Lathrop Insurance is a full-service independent insurance agency providing …

21 05, 2020

Las Vegas Businessman Reaches $21M Settlement in Fatal DUI Crash

By | May 21st, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Las Vegas Businessman Reaches $21M Settlement in Fatal DUI Crash

A prominent Las Vegas businessman awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in a deadly drunken driving crash has reached a $21 million settlement in a lawsuit by the family of a mother of three killed in the wreck. Real estate broker …