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25 10, 2023

South Carolina Prosecutors Want to Limit Minority Leader’s Sway Over Judges

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nine of South Carolina`s 16 elected prosecutors are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates are put before the General Assembly for election. All six of the …

23 10, 2023

Cyberattack on 2 New York Hospitals Forces Ambulance Diversions

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Two hospitals in New York were hit with a cyberattack and had to divert patients to other facilities, hospital officials said Friday. The cyberattack affected computer systems at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston along with Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care …

25 10, 2023

Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Shuttered Missouri Christian Boarding School Over Son’s Abuse and Suicide

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MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her son`s death on a gang rape and other abuse he endured there. Agape Boarding School has been subjected to a wave of litigation …

20 10, 2023

Storm Babet Hammers Scotland With Warnings of Risk to Life, Flooding

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The UK’s Met Office warned of the possibility of severe flooding and loss of life in the northern part of the country for a second day as Storm Babet continues to hammer the region. Parts of eastern Scotland remain under …

25 10, 2023

Illinois Court Ruling Allows Zurich to Proceed With Subrogation Action in $3 million Builder’s Risk Claim

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Zurich American Insurance Co. may pursue a subrogation lawsuit against a subcontractor that it says forced it to pay a nearly $3 million builder’s risk claim by designing a defective stormwater detention system during construction of an academic building at …

20 10, 2023

Biggest Polluting Firms Failing on Short-Term Emissions Goals: Investor Pressure Group

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Fewer than one in five of the world’s biggest polluting companies have short-term emissions reductions targets in line with keeping global temperature rises below 1.5 degrees Celsius, an investor pressure group said on Wednesday. The number of companies pledging to …

20 10, 2023

New York’s Lawley Acquires Connecticut’s Shoff Darby Agency

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Buffalo-based independent agency Lawley has acquired Connecticut-based Shoff Darby Companies, Inc., in what Lawley says is it largest acquisition to date. Lawley will add four locations and 75 employees in Connecticut, as well as increase insurance and benefit products and …

25 10, 2023

Liberty Mutual to Repay $7.7 Million to Over 86,000 Policyholders for Alleged Violations of State Insurance Regulations

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Liberty Mutual has agreed to repay $7.7 million to more than 86,000 policyholders for auto and homeowners insurance policies for allegedly violating several state insurance regulation laws. In a consent order filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Liberty Mutual …

20 10, 2023

Alex Jones Must Pay $1.1 Billion of Sandy Hook Damages Despite Bankruptcy: Court

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation damages stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday. Bankruptcy can …

25 10, 2023

People Moves: QBE Germany Appoints 2 Marine U/Ws; BHSI Names Jaghbir as Underwriting Manager in Queensland

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE Germany and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI). A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Germany Appoints 2 Marine U/Ws QBE Germany has strengthened its Marine team in Hamburg …