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23 06, 2022

Yellowstone Reopens After Changes Wrought by Flood

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Hundreds of cars, trucks and recreational vehicles were backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopened Wednesday morning following record floods that reshaped the park’s rivers and canyons, wiped out numerous roads and …

24 06, 2022

Michigan Fire Damaged Hotel, Other Buildings

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A hotel was among several businesses damaged as a fire swept through part of the downtown of a northern Oakland County, Michigan, village. Dozens of firefighters from area departments battled the blaze which started about 4 p.m. Tuesday in Holly, …

24 06, 2022

Jury Finds Construction Firm Retaliated Against Immigrant Worker, Awards $650K

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A federal jury has awarded $650,000 in damages to a Massachusetts construction worker who said his employer retaliated against him after he was injured on the job by sparking an immigration investigation that led to his arrest. The jury on …

24 06, 2022

TWIA Shares Timeline For Annual Rate Filing Consideration

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The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association announced this week the timeline for its annual rate filing consideration. By law, TWIA must make a rate filing with the Texas Department of Insurance by August 15 each year. TWIA’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee …

24 06, 2022

Volunteer Firefighter Dies from Injuries Suffered in Kansas Fire

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A volunteer firefighter who was injured while fighting a blaze in Pleasanton, Kansas, earlier this week has died, officials said. Joshua Haynes, 35, was injured Monday during a fire at the Carpenter Chiropractor Clinic. He was flown to the University …

24 06, 2022

Noguchi & Associates, ori-gen to Establish Hawaii Division

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Noguchi & Associates is partnering with ori-gen Agency Insurance Services to launch a Hawaii-based division. The new ori-gen Hawaii division will be led by Noguchi & Associates’ President Mitchell Noguchi. ori-gen will join with the Hawaii-based staff to support expansion …

24 06, 2022

Dredging Company Paying $1M for Restoration in Louisiana Oil Spill

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A Houston dredging company has been ordered to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut through an oil pipeline during barrier island restoration work off Louisiana in 2016. Great Lakes Dredge & …

24 06, 2022

Colorado Lawsuit: Hero Who Stopped Gunman Shot Without Warning

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The mother of a man hailed as a hero for killing a gunman who ambushed and fatally shot a police officer only to be killed himself by another officer in suburban Denver filed a lawsuit alleging the officer who shot …

24 06, 2022

How a Bankruptcy ‘Innovation’ Halted Thousands of Lawsuits from Sick Plaintiffs

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Attorney Greg Gordon sat before a packed hotel ballroom of bankruptcy lawyers who had come to hear him hold court on his pioneering strategy for companies seeking to dodge billion-dollar lawsuits: the “Texas two-step.” The tactic has made the Jones …

24 06, 2022

How to Lower Home Insurance Premiums and Wildfire Risks

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Homeowners in the US got new guidance to help them defend against increasingly frequent wildfires and associated rising insurance premiums. The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, a research nonprofit funded by insurers, announced it has developed the first …