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18 11, 2020

Pfizer Reports 95% Success Rate in COVID-19 Vaccine Final Trial

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Final results from Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine trial showed its shot had a 95% success rate and two months of safety data, paving the way for the drugmaker to apply for an emergency U.S. authorization within days, it said on …

18 11, 2020

FAA Safety Agency Clears Boeing 737 MAX to Fly Again

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After nearly two years of scrutiny, corporate upheaval and a standoff with global regulators, Boeing Co. won approval on Wednesday from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to fly its 737 MAX jet again after two fatal disasters. The FAA detailed …

18 11, 2020

S&P Finds U.S. Insurers Made Modest Gains in Diversity Over Decade

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The U.S. insurance industry has achieved only modest gains in increasing diversity over the last 10 years, according to government data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. S&P found that the percentage of Black or African-American employees in the insurance …

18 11, 2020

Connecticut’s Summit Financial Group Joins Satellite Agency Network Group

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Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has announced that Summit Financial Group Inc. of Milford, Conn., has become a member of the network. Established in 1985 by Kenneth Ponelli, …

18 11, 2020

24 Vehicles Damaged in Vermont Condo Complex Carport Fire

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Two dozen vehicles were damaged in what authorities are calling a suspicious fire at a condo complex in Essex. Essex police say the carport on Densmore Drive was engulfed in flames early Saturday morning. Firefighters were able to put out …

18 11, 2020

Nantucket Rattled by House Explosion That Injured Two

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A house exploded on Nantucket, Mass., Thursday, sending two people to the hospital, damaging nearby homes and creating a boom heard miles away. The Nantucket Fire Department reports it is the second time in as many weeks that similar blazes …

18 11, 2020

Three Arrested for Dresden Museum Theft – But Jewelry Is Still Missing

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BERLIN – More than 1,500 police carried out a series of searches in Berlin and arrested three people in a massive operation connected to the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a unique collection in Dresden last November, authorities said …

18 11, 2020

Task of Tracking COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Falls to Multiple Federal Agencies

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Monitoring Covid-19 vaccines for safety issues will fall to a group of U.S. health agencies that also will have a hand in their rollout, a potential hurdle in persuading skeptics to get the shots, say former government officials who helped …

17 11, 2020

California Co-Workers Charged for Insurance Fraud and Arson

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Co-workers Rajdeep Singh, 35, of Rocklin, Calif., and David Bailey, Jr., 29, of Sacramento, were arrested on multiple counts of insurance fraud and arson after allegedly conspiring to commit vehicular arson in order to receive an undeserved insurance payout of …

17 11, 2020

Hine Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association

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Amicia Hine, executive vice president with Worldwide Facilities LLC, MHI-MGA Division, in San Antonio, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Justin Kotrla, senior vice president, Property, at AmWINS Group in Dallas will serve as vice …