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9 11, 2023

Insurers Are Still Backing Oil and Gas Industry Despite Rising Climate Threat: Report

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Insurers are continuing to provide cover for increased oil and gas production even as they face large losses fueled by climate change, according to a new report. About 80% of the insurance market and 53% of the reinsurance market don’t …

9 11, 2023

Russian Missile Strike on Merchant Ship Threatens Ukraine’s Exports

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A Russian missile strike on a commercial ship at a major Ukrainian Black Sea port is adding to risks for commodity exports just as farmers in the war-battered nation are in the midst of this year’s harvest. A 750-feet iron …

9 11, 2023

Lawsuit Claims Victims of Sexual Abuse and Rape at Shuttered Arkansas Facility

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man whose bribery conviction was commuted by former President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit claiming they were victims of “systematic …

9 11, 2023

Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s Prince Associates

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National specialty broker Risk Strategies has added a Long Island commercial lines agency to its roster. Boston-based Risk Strategies announced its acquisition of Prince Associates, Inc., a multi-line retail independent insurance agency founded in 1964 and based in Hicksville, New …

9 11, 2023

UN Chief Says It Will Be Difficult to Revive Black Sea Grain Deal

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters NEXT on Wednesday that it will be difficult to revive a landmark deal that allowed the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, which Russia quit in July over complaints about its own …

9 11, 2023

Liberty Mutual Records $219M Q3 Net Income

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Liberty Mutual Holding Co. on Thursday reported third quarter net income of $219 million, reversing a loss of $353 million a year ago during the same time. “Solid underwriting results in our Global Risk Solutions business and the tailwind from …

9 11, 2023

Peace Corps to Pay $750,000 in Settlement to Family of Illinois Woman Who Died After Misdiagnosis in East Africa

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The Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who died in 2018 in East Africa after the agency’s doctors misdiagnosed a case of malaria, a law firm announced Tuesday. Bernice Heiderman …

10 11, 2023

Markets/Coverages: Florida Citizens Taps Verisk Aerial Imagery for Underwriting

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Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider, announced that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the residual, not-for-profit insurer in Florida, will adopt Verisk’s aerial imagery analytics solution. The move is designed to help provide Citizens a more comprehensive view of …

6 11, 2023

US Cities Consider Banning Right Turn On Red Amid Rising Pedestrian Deaths

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CHICAGO (AP) __ Sophee Langerman was on her way to a bicycle safety rally in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood in June when a car turning right rolled through a red light and slammed into her bike, which she was walking off …

6 11, 2023

Minnesota Mosque Fire Causes Over $100,000 in Damage; Authorities Working to Determine Cause

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minneapolis police are investigating another fire at a mosque, and faith leaders want them to look closely at the motive if the fire that destroyed three garages is determined to be arson. The fire at Mercy Mosque …