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6 07, 2023

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Offers Recovery Tips After Severe Storms

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Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Gled Mulready offered recovery tips following the severe storms that hit Tulsa over Father’s Day weekend, causing extensive damage, including fallen trees and widespread power outages. The storm has been far-reaching, leading to heat advisories, limited access …

6 07, 2023

US Labor Agency Sues Starbucks Over Treatment of Seattle Workers

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The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday sued Starbucks SBUX.O over the coffee chain’s refusal to rehire 33 workers as it reorganized three downtown Seattle stores, including its flagship store in Pike Place Market. In a petition filed in Seattle …

7 07, 2023

Higginbotham Acquires Cress Insurance Group in New Mexico

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Higginbotham has acquired Cress Insurance Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Higginbotham and Cress Insurance Group will come together to enhance service to the group’s 2,500 clients and serve a broader customer base in New Mexico. Higginbotham gave the title of …

7 07, 2023

California Insurance Broker Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing from Small Businesses

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Brian Keith Arteaga, 39, of Placentia, California, was arraigned this week on multiple felony counts of grand theft by embezzlement, theft of fiduciary funds, insurance fraud, and money laundering after a California Department of Insurance investigation found he allegedly stole …

7 07, 2023

No Injuries Reported After Explosion at Pennsylvania Town Public Works Building

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An explosion at a building housing public works equipment in a Pennsylvania township destroyed the structure and heavily damaged some nearby homes, but no injuries were reported. Officials in Lancaster County`s Rapho Township said six employees were coming to work …

7 07, 2023

Maryland Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 32 Years Gets $2.9M

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A Maryland board approved $2.9 million in compensation Wednesday for a man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two murders he did not commit. John Huffington was pardoned by former Gov. Larry …

7 07, 2023

Massachusetts High Court Affirms Limit on Wrongful Death Suits in Tobacco Cases

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If a person’s right to bring a personal injury lawsuit has expired by the time of his or her death, the person’s estate is barred from bringing a wrongful death suit in Massachusetts for the benefit of the beneficiaries. The …

7 07, 2023

Appeals Panel Says CCC Software Does Not Violate Florida Law in Auto Claims

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An insurer that used CCC Intelligent Solutions software to determine the payout for a claimant’s vehicle did not violate a Florida law that sets forth only three methods that auto insurers may use to determine actual cash value, a divided …

7 07, 2023

SC DOI Ups Grant Size for Wind Mitigation Program

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The South Carolina Safe Home wind mitigation program has been revised to allow higher grant awards. The South Carolina Department of Insurance said in a bulletin this week that the program, which helps homeowners fortify their homes to better resist …

7 07, 2023

CSU: Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Now Expected

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Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers have upped their hurricane season forecast. An above average Atlantic hurricane season is now expected for 2023, though there is a greater level of uncertainty than normal. The CSU team now predicts 18 named …