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17 05, 2021

Louisiana ‘Justice Lab’ Aims to Expose, Litigate Claims of Police Bias

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A woman forced to the ground by two sheriff’s deputies in an arrest recorded by her son. Demonstrators tear-gassed and hit by rubber projectiles while protesting the death of George Floyd. A man stunned with a Taser as he tried …

14 05, 2021

Britain’s Financial Services Sector ‘Not Optimistic’ About Getting Access to EU Markets

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Britain’s financial services sector won’t get access to the European Union’s markets for the foreseeable future following Brexit, industry officials said on Thursday as a row with France simmers. Britain fully left the EU on Dec. 31, 2020 and the …

14 05, 2021

Biden EPA Relaunches Website With Climate Change Indicators

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After years of delays during the Trump administration, the EPA released its new climate indicators, which show Americans are already feeling effects on their health and safety. Heat waves across the country are more frequent, more intense, and last longer. …

14 05, 2021

Zywave Buys Workers’ Comp Software Firm Modgic

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Insurance technology provider Zywave has acquired Modgic, an Oregon-based provider of workers’ compensation and experience modification analysis software for the commercial insurance industry. Financial terms were not disclosed. Zywave, based in Wisconsin, said the combination will help strengthen its market …

14 05, 2021

Ireland’s Health Service Operator Hit by ‘Significant’ Ransomware Attack

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DUBLIN – Ireland’s health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday to protect them from a “significant” ransomware attack, crippling diagnostic services, disrupting COVID-19 testing and forcing hospitals to cancel many appointments. Ireland’s COVID-19 vaccination program was …

14 05, 2021

Cyber Ransom Payments Set a Bad Precedent But Happen Often

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The U.S. government’s fight to choke off ransom payments collected by hackers hit a major snag Thursday, following news that Colonial Pipeline Co. paid a hefty sum to hackers who for several days this week effectively shut down the country’s …

14 05, 2021

New York to Set Workplace Safety Standards for Airborne Diseases

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State regulators in New York will soon draft rules that will require employers to protect workers from airborne infectious disease. A new state law tasks state labor and health officials with coming up with minimum workplace standards around things like …

13 05, 2021

NJM Insurance Adds BOP, Commercial Excess, Umbrella Coverage in New Jersey

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NJM Insurance Group is now writing businessowners policies and corresponding excess and umbrella policies in New Jersey. The ProEdge Businessowners Policy provides protection for property and liability risks associated with small businesses. NJM’s commercial excess and umbrella policy can expand …

14 05, 2021

Danish Lawmakers Eye New Probe of 1990 Ferry Disaster, with Insurance Focus

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to set up a task force to look into a 1990 ferry fire that killed 159 people, which could lead to a new police investigation into one of Scandinavia’s worst peacetime maritime disasters. …

13 05, 2021

Lightning Sends Chunk of Highway Through Truck in Florida

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A lightning strike in Florida launched a chunk of highway pavement through a truck windshield and injured two people inside the vehicle on Monday morning, according to fire officials. The Walton County Fire Rescue responded to the accident on Interstate …