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8 08, 2023

3 Killed After Charter Bus Collides with Vehicle in Pennsylvania

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A charter bus carrying up to 50 people collided with a vehicle on an interstate in Pennsylvania, killing three people, state police said. The crash happened during heavy rain around 11:50 p.m. Sunday on southbound Interstate 81 in Dauphin County`s …

8 08, 2023

DeSantis’ Retaliation vs. Disney Hurting Florida, Former GOP Officials Say in Court

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Saying Gov. Ron DeSantis has followed the autocratic examples of governments in Russia and China, a group of mostly Republican former high-level government officials and business leaders has called the Florida governor`s takeover of Disney World`s governing district “severely damaging …

8 08, 2023

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wigmore Insurance Agency in California

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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Costa Mesa, California-based Wigmore Insurance Agency Inc. Tim Wigmore and his team will remain in their current location under the direction of Scott Firestone, head of Gallagher’s Southwest region retail property/casualty brokerage operations. Wigmore …

8 08, 2023

Kemper Exits Preferred Home and Auto Business Immediately

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As it reported a net loss in the second quarter of about $97 million, Kemper Corp. said Monday that it is exiting the preferred home and auto insurance market. Kemper said it will “actively reduce the business immediately,” and non-renew …

8 08, 2023

Former Ga. Insurance Commissioner’s Conviction Stands, but Tax Repay Has to Wait

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Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck’s fraud conviction stands, but he won’t have to pay part of the restitution until after he’s released from prison, a federal appeals court decided Monday. The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals found no …

8 08, 2023

Google Fails to End $5B Consumer Privacy Lawsuit

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A U.S. judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their internet use. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday said she could not find that users …

8 08, 2023

More ESG Lawsuits on the Horizon as Investors Jump on UK Law

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Investors are becoming more emboldened to file legal challenges against companies for their net zero claims, approaches to governance and other hot-button ESG issues, using a pair of underutilized provisions of a UK law. Standard Chartered Plc, BT Group Plc …

8 08, 2023

Insured Loss Estimate for Turkey Earthquake Rises to US$3.4 Billion: PERILS

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The third loss estimate for the Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence, which hit large parts of south-central Turkey and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6, 2023, has risen to $3.4 billion, according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance …

7 08, 2023

2 Killed, 3 Hurt When Pleasure Boat Catches Fire in Southern California Bay

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Two women were killed and another woman and two men were hospitalized with burns after a weekend fire on a pleasure boat in Long Beach, California, authorities said. The blaze was reported around 5:15 p.m. Saturday on a 35-foot motorboat …

8 08, 2023

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Cannabis Operators Custom Fortifying

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Dispensary entrepreneur Adam Fong got tired of having his San Rafael, California operation being broken into. The business suffered five break-ins starting in 2019, with the biggest loss coming from the first theft – $10,000 worth of product and $20,000 …