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28 08, 2020

Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Minneapolis Courthouse During Unrest

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A man accused of causing fire damage to a courthouse in Minnesota’s Dakota County in the days after George Floyd’s death in police custody has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting arson. Fornandous Henderson, 32, of Savage, entered the plea …

28 08, 2020

CoreLogic Estimates Hurricane Laura Insured Losses at $8B to $12B

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Property information, analytics and data provider, CoreLogic, has estimated residential and commercial insured losses from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and Texas will come in at between $8 billion and $12 billion. That estimate includes losses from storm surge and wind, …

21 08, 2020

Overall U.S. Traffic Is Down 16% for Year

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Travel on all U.S. roads and streets for 2020 is down by 264.2 billion vehicle miles, or 16.6%, according to the Department of Transportation. For June traffic was down 36.5 billion vehicle miles, or 13.0%, compared with June 2019. Travel …

28 08, 2020

Iowa Coronavirus Cases Reach New Daily High of 1,475

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Iowa set a new record for confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday with nearly 1,500 cases, far more than the previous high set in April. In the last 24 hours as of Thursday morning, Iowa recorded 1,475 confirmed cases, surpassing the April …

21 08, 2020

$600M Flint Water Deal a Step Toward Making Amends, Michigan Governor Says

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A proposed $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and residents of the impoverished, majority-Black city of Flint who were harmed by lead-tainted water is a step toward making amends for a disaster that upended life in the city, …

21 08, 2020

Louisiana Governor Sets Goal: Net Zero Greenhouse Gases by 2050

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Louisiana’s governor has signed an executive order setting a state goal for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, drawing swift praise from environmental groups. At least 23 other states and the District of Columbia have set greenhouse gas targets, …

21 08, 2020

Texas Pharmacy Marketer Charged in $60M Kickback Scheme

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A Texas-based pharmacy marketer has been charged by federal in a conjunction to a scheme to collect more than $60 million in healthcare kickbacks. Vinson Woodlee, owner and president of Med Left LLC, has been charged with violating the federal …

21 08, 2020

Claims for Business Income Loss Due to Construction Dust Denied in Pre-COVID Case

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In an opinion that could inform coronavirus business interruption claims now before various courts, a federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida restaurant is unable to collect on its insurance for business interruption losses that it says were caused …

21 08, 2020

Texas Insurance Agency Released from Suit by Restaurant Group Over Virus Losses

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A federal judge in Texas has dismissed an independent insurance agency from a lawsuit brought by a Dallas restaurant group seeking reimbursement for business income losses stemming from the civil authority enforced shuttering of businesses in an attempt to stop …

21 08, 2020

One80 Launches Transportation Threat Protect Program for Commercial Auto Operations

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One80 Intermediaries (One80), a national wholesale insurance broker and program manager headquartered in Boston, has launched the Transportation Threat Protect (TTP) program. TTP was designed to protect commercial drivers and transport operations from the growing risk of hijack, kidnap, malicious …