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16 09, 2020

Lawsuit Claims EPA Has Failed to Enforce Chesapeake Bay Pollution Caps

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The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that flows from farms and cities into the Chesapeake Bay, according to a lawsuit filed on Thursday. The federal suit was …

16 09, 2020

Alliant Insurance Services Hires Cyber Risk Specialist Loftus in New York

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Alliant Insurance Services has named cyber risk and insurance specialist John Loftus to work alongside Robert Horn in running Alliant’s cyber initiatives. Loftus is based in New York and maintains a network of insurance recovery attorneys, incident response experts, chief …

16 09, 2020

Virus Deaths Surpass 2,000 in Washington State

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More than 2,000 people in the state have now died due to the coronavirus, according to The Washington state Department of Health. As of Monday afternoon, KUOW reports there have been 2,006 recorded deaths from COVID-19, and 80,138 confirmed cases …

16 09, 2020

Las Vegas Shooting Victims Getting Closer to What Could be a $800M Payout

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More than 4,400 relatives and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history could receive a total of $800 million in payouts from MGM Resorts International and its insurers by January, the casino giant and attorneys said. After …

16 09, 2020

Owen Named VP, General Cousel at Missouri’s Columbia Insurance Group

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Columbia Insurance Group, based in Columbia, Missouri, has appointed Claire Owen as vice president and general counsel. Owen has served as corporate legal counsel since joining the company in 2017. In her new role, Owen has responsibility in the areas …

16 09, 2020

Keystone Agency Investors Acquires 4 Missouri Agencies, Forms Midwest Risk Partners

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Keystone Agency Investors (KAI), a new strategic partnership formed by Keystone Insurers Group and Bain Capital Credit, has acquired four St. Louis, Missouri-based insurance agencies, which together will form Midwest Risk Partners LLC, a custom insurance platform serving the greater …

16 09, 2020

Baird Joins WSS’ Houston Surplus Lines as Sr. Broker/Underwriter

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Western Security Surplus (WSS), a part of XPT Partners, has hired industry veteran Suzy Baird as senior broker/underwriter with Houston Surplus Lines (HSL), a division of WSS. Baird is based out of the WSS Houston office. Most recently, Baird held …

16 09, 2020

2 Charges Against Arkema, Managers over Plant Fire During Harvey Dismissed

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A judge has dismissed two of the charges a chemical manufacturer and one of its former executives were facing during an ongoing trial over a fire at the company’s suburban Houston plant during Hurricane Harvey that sent toxic smoke into …

16 09, 2020

Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Brookstone Insurance Group in Texas

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Brown & Brown Lone Star Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Brookstone Insurance Group. Brookstone Insurance Group provides commercial and personal insurance solutions to customers throughout the …

16 09, 2020

South Dakota AG Thought He Hit a Deer; It Was a Man

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South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a statement late on Sept. 14 that he realized he had struck and killed a man walking along a rural stretch of highway only after returning to the scene the next day …