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16 04, 2021

Many Climate Scientists Moving from Fieldwork to Jobs in Financial Services

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LONDON – Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought and connect remote Colombian communities to the electricity grid before working for conservation campaigners WWF. Now she’s an analyst for …

16 04, 2021

Mississippi Seeks Federal Disaster Aid After Winter Storms

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Mississippi is asking President Joe Biden to approve a major disaster declaration to help local governments and nonprofit groups recover costs from responding to winter storms that brought large parts of the state to a standstill. Gov. Tate Reeves’ office …

16 04, 2021

New York City Begins $1.5B Project to Protect Manhattan from Floods

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New York City has embarked on a $1.45 billion resiliency project in lower Manhattan along the East River, an area devastated by flooding in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency project, …

16 04, 2021

Mississippi Seeks Federal Disaster Aid After Winter Storms

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Mississippi is asking President Joe Biden to approve a major disaster declaration to help local governments and nonprofit groups recover costs from responding to winter storms that brought large parts of the state to a standstill. Gov. Tate Reeves’ office …

16 04, 2021

Risk of COVID-19 Exposure on Airlines Drops when Middle Seats Are Empty: Study

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The risk of being exposed to the COVID-19 virus on an airline flight drops by as much as half when airlines keep middle seats open, a new study published by the U.S. government concludes, a safety practice the carriers have …

16 04, 2021

Tennessee Insurance Dept. Receives NAIC Accreditation

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The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has received accreditation from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The NAIC is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 …

16 04, 2021

Willis Towers Watson Launches ‘Radar Workbench’ for Commercial Underwriters

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Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has launched Radar Workbench, new software technology aims to transform the performance of frontline commercial underwriters. “Radar Workbench has been developed to provide the optimal environment that supports underwriters in making complex decisions at pace …

16 04, 2021

Tennessee Insurance Dept. Receives NAIC Accreditation

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The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has received accreditation from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The NAIC is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 …

16 04, 2021

Massachusetts Regulators Seek to Revoke Robinhood’s License; Brokerage Sues

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Massachusetts regulators on Thursday sought the revocation of Robinhood’s broker-dealer license after charging that it encourages inexperienced investors to place risky trades without limits, while the online brokerage sued to invalidate a new rule underlying the case. Massachusetts Secretary of …

16 04, 2021

California Siblings Arraigned in $1.4M Workers’ Comp Scheme

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California farm labor company owners and siblings Elias Perez, 40, of Greenfield, and Alejandra Perez, 37, of Soledad, were arraigned on over 20 felony counts of insurance and tax fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll by over $17 million resulting in …