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30 03, 2021

Aon Takes a Holiday

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Aon announced it is closing operations and taking a global holiday on April 1st and April 2nd. These two days are intended to provide “colleagues extra time away to express appreciation for them during this unprecedented time,” said Aon in …

30 03, 2021

South Dakota Wildfires: 400 Homes Evacuated; Mount Rushmore ClosedSouth Dakota Wildfires: 400 Homes Evacuated; Mount Rushmore Closed

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Three separate wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota have forced evacuations of more than 400 homes northwest of Rapid City and shut down Mount Rushmore, authorities said. A fire that started near Schroeder Road in the Nemo area, …

30 03, 2021

Fire Danger Alerts, Red Flag Warnings Issued in Midwest States

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Strong winds, warmer conditions and low humidity are combining to create a fire danger across several states, including parts of Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. The National Weather Service on March 29 issued red flag watches and warnings for most …

26 03, 2021

Contractor Fined $74K Over Asbestos-Tainted Debris at Oregon Site

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A company has been fined over $74,000 for improperly sending asbestos-tainted debris to a landfill in Southern Oregon. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality described the violations as “major magnitude violations,” but said the problems have since been “properly abated …

26 03, 2021

Supreme Court Rejects Ford Stance in Product Liability Venue Dispute

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled against Ford Motor Co. in a case in which the second-largest U.S. automaker had sought to bar two state courts from hearing product liability suits involving a pair of serious crashes. Ford …

26 03, 2021

Former Student Accuses Washington Teacher of Sex Abuse

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A woman has accused her former teacher of sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed against the Marysville School District. The lawsuit accuses longtime art teacher Kurt Hollstein of sexually abusing her around 1985, when the woman was about 14, The …

26 03, 2021

South Central People Moves: Texas’ BSBD Group Adds Williamson as VP

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Dallas-based independent retail brokerage firm, Boyd, Shackelford, Barnett & Dixon (BSBD Group). has hired Lad Williamson as vice president of Employee Benefits. Williamson will help oversee the employee benefits operations by tailoring customized employee benefit plans for middle market and …

26 03, 2021

Gender Pay Gap in Australia Is Worst in Insurance and Finance Industries: Study

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Australia is losing momentum in efforts to bring equality to the workforce, with a new study finding that it will probably take another 26 years until women are paid the same as men. The gender pay gap is worst in …

26 03, 2021

Germany’s Allianz Emerges as Frontrunner to Buy Aviva Poland for $2.9B: Sources

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Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, has emerged as the frontrunner to buy the Polish operations of Aviva Plc in one of the most competitive insurance auctions in the region this year, people with knowledge of the matter said. The British …

26 03, 2021

North Dakota Seed Company to Pay $225K OSHA Penalty After Employee Injury

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A Fargo, N. D., birdseed production company has reached a settlement with a federal agency that investigated a severe and life-altering injury to an employee. The probe by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration stemmed from an incident in August …