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18 07, 2022

Iowa Farmers Facing Drought or Unusually Dry Conditions

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Weeks of heat and scant rainfall have left most of Indiana facing either drought or unusually dry conditions while farmers hope significant precipitation falls soon. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows more than a third of Indiana with abnormally dry conditions …

18 07, 2022

Program Data Insurtech Noldor Raises $10M

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New York-based Noldor, said it recently closed on a $10 million seed funding round from a group of well-established insurance investors. According to CEO John Horneff, Noldor’s seed funding positions the company for long-term growth in using data to deepen …

18 07, 2022

Tennessee’s Workers’ Comp System Limits Help for Injuries, Newspaper Reports

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Sedgwick, one of the largest workers’ compensation claims-management firms in the United States, was penalized by Tennessee regulators more than any other company in the last five years. But most of the fines have been relatively small, a consequence of …

18 07, 2022

Crashed Ukrainian Cargo Plane Carried Shipment of Ammunition for Bangladesh

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Ukrainian foreign ministry officials on Sunday traveled to inspect the site where a Ukrainian cargo plane crashed overnight in northern Greece, en route from Serbia to Jordan and on to Bangladesh. The envoys will help local authorities and emergency services …

18 07, 2022

Father Seeks Death Declaration for Son Believed to Have Fallen into Recycling Shredder

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The father of a man who disappeared and is now believed to have died in a shredding machine at a South Carolina recycling business is moving to have his son legally declared dead. The State newspaper reports that Mike Gordon’s …

18 07, 2022

Gunmaker Sig Sauer Loses Bid to Block New Hampshire Liability Suit Over Pistol Misfire

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A federal court in New Hampshire has denied gunmaker Sig Sauer’s bid to block a product liability lawsuit brought by a man who alleges he was struck by a bullet in the leg because his pistol fired without a trigger …

18 07, 2022

First Half Insurance Agency M&A Above 5-Year Average: OPTIS

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Agency consultancy OPTIS Partners said the pace of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first six months of 2022 was above the average of activity during the same period over the last five years – a time regarded as …

18 07, 2022

Major Disaster Declared for Many North Dakota Counties Damaged by Storms

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President Joe Biden has issued a major disaster declaration for many of North Dakota’s 53 counties which sustained damage caused during a series of snow storms in April. The declaration was approved for 40 of the state’s 53 counties, and …

18 07, 2022

Michigan Construction Worker Fatally Struck by Bulldozer

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A construction worker in suburban Detroit died last Friday after a bulldozer struck him, police said. A man was standing outside his dump truck around 11 a.m. while a bulldozer moved pieces of concrete that had been broken up, Chesterfield …

19 07, 2022

Alex Jones Cited Free Speech Rights in Sandy Hook Hoax Lawsuit Deposition

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was defiant and cited free speech rights during a lawsuit deposition in April when questioned about calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and the effect the statement had on families who lost loved …