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9 11, 2020

Chubb Names New Country President for Vietnam’s General Insurance

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Global insurer Chubb announced the appointment of Khue Dinh as the new country president for its Vietnam general insurance business. In her new role, Dinh will oversee the operations and business development activities of Chubb’s key business lines in Vietnam …

9 11, 2020

Alabama Settles Terminix Suit Over Trade Practice Violations for $60M

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Alabama has reached a $60 million settlement with Terminix International for systematically overcharging customers for termite services and failing to honor service contracts, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Thursday. The attorney general said the pest control company committed multiple violations …

8 11, 2020

California Voters Back Ballot Measure Treating Gig Drivers as Contractors

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Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in a winning bet to circumvent California lawmakers and the courts to preserve their business model by keeping drivers from becoming employees eligible for benefits and job protections. …

8 11, 2020

Companies Hope to Take California Gig Worker Classification Law Nationwide

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Gig economy companies want to turn California voters’ decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation, as several states consider requiring drivers from Uber, Lyft and rival services be treated as employees with higher compensation. Voters …

8 11, 2020

Tropical Storm Eta Expected to Strike Florida Keys, Then North of Tampa

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Tropical Storm Eta will hit the Florida Keys overnight, becoming the year’s record 12th named storm to make landfall in the U.S. It’s then set to drift west, build in strength, and make a second run at the Sunshine State …

6 11, 2020

Apple Faces Shareholder Class-Action Suit over CEO’s China Sales Comments

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Apple Inc has been ordered to face a proposed class-action lawsuit by shareholders who accused Chief Executive Tim Cook of concealing falling demand for iPhones in China, resulting in billions of dollars of investor losses. In a decision on Wednesday, …

6 11, 2020

Florida Voters Approve Raising Minimum Wage to $15 Over 6 Years

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Florida voters on Tuesday approved raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, which advocates say will lift the pay for hundreds of thousands of workers in the state’s service-heavy economy. A supermajority of …

6 11, 2020

Weakened Storm Eta Moves over Honduras with Heavy Rains. Next Stop Cuba, Florida?

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Eta is moving over Honduras as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have caused deadly landslides while drenching the country’s east and the north of neighboring Nicaragua. The storm no longer carried …

6 11, 2020

Insurors of Tennessee Appoints Representative Ron Travis as CEO

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Insurors of Tennessee has named Representative Ron Travis as the new CEO for the organization, effective Nov. 16, 2020. Travis (R-Dayton) is a state representative for District 31 (Bledsoe, Rhea, Sequatchie and part of Roane Counties) and has more than …

6 11, 2020

AIG’s Profit Slumps on Q3 Catastrophe Losses

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American International Group Inc reported a slump in third-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by losses related to storms, wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic. AIG, one of the largest U.S. insurers, posted an underwriting loss of $423 million in its general …