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19 07, 2016

G2 Insurance Services Names Fox-Foster Claims Manager in California

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G2 Insurance Services has named Martin Fox-Foster claims manager. Fox-Foster will be located in the company’s San Francisco office He will serve as a resource to G2 Insurance’s commercial clients, advocating on their behalf for a range of property/casualty, cyber …

19 07, 2016

Idaho University Denies Discriminating Against Mormon Player

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Idaho State University’s former assistant tennis coach and the university have denied allegations made in a lawsuit in which a former tennis player says he was discriminated against because of his Mormon faith. The Post Register reported that former coach …

19 07, 2016

Southern Colorado Wildfire Now 30 Percent Contained

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Firefighters are letting areas of a wildfire burn near Coaldale in southern Colorado because it is too dangerous to get into some wilderness areas, but they have managed to protect homes and contain 30 percent of the blaze as of …

18 07, 2016

CDC Assisting Utah Investigation of Zika Virus Infection

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The Centers for Disease Control is assisting in the investigation of a case of Zika in a Utah resident who is a family contact of the elderly Utah resident who died in late June. The deceased patient had traveled to …

18 07, 2016

$30M Settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb in California Whistleblower Suit

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California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones reached a $30 million settlement with pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb over allegations of drug marketing fraud and physician kickbacks. The settlement stems from charges in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by three former Bristol-Myers Squibb sales …

18 07, 2016

Federal Government Sues California Homeowner for $25M over Wildfire

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The federal government is suing a California homeowner for nearly $25 million, contending his negligence sparked a 2013 fire in the mountains east of Los Angeles that forced 5,000 people from their homes. The lawsuit says that a short in a …

18 07, 2016

Washington Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect Schools from Quakes: Report

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More than 380,000 students in Washington state live in earthquake-prone areas and attend schools built before seismic construction standards were adopted statewide, according to a Seattle Times report. The newspaper, analyzing state data, also reported that more than 31,000 students …

18 07, 2016

$3.5M Settlement for Family of Dead Washington Bicyclist

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The city of Seattle, Wash. has paid $3.5 million to the family of a bicyclist who died two years ago in a collision with a truck in downtown Seattle. The Seattle Times reported the payment resolves a claim that the city’s …

18 07, 2016

EPA, Forest Service Seek Permanent Firefighters Near Montana Asbestos Site

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The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Forest Service want to station 10 firefighters near Libby this summer so crews are immediately available to fight any fire that night burn in or near a former vermiculite mine contaminated with asbestos, …

15 07, 2016

Alliant Names Peters Executive Vice President in Maryland

By | July 15th, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Alliant Names Peters Executive Vice President in Maryland

Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Barry Peters executive vice president with the company’s Alliant Americas division. Peters will be based in the Bethesda, MD office of Alliant. He will design and deploy insurance and risk management solutions to clients and …