11 07, 2025

People Moves: Consilium Taps Carpenter’s Coleman for C-Suite After Co-CEO Baird Suddenly Exits; Everest Promotes Shaw as Chief Commercial Officer of Int’l Division

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Consilium and Everest’s International Insurance Operation. A summary of these new hires (and one exit) follows here. Consilium Taps Carpenter’s Coleman for C-Suite, as Co-CEO Baird Is Removed Consilium, …

11 07, 2025

How Carriers Can Win More Retail Broker Biz: Report

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By segmenting retail brokers into tiers using premium volume, profitability and strategic alignment as factors to define top tiers, carriers can start to win more business, according to a new consulting firm report. The report, How Insurers Can Win More …

11 07, 2025

Microsoft Outlook Users Experience Hourslong Outage Impacting Email

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After Outlook users ran into issues accessing their email accounts late Wednesday and into Thursday, Microsoft says that affected systems are back online. Microsoft 365 first said that it was investigating an issue with Outlook Wednesday night, and later shared …

11 07, 2025

How Northeast States Will Share in $720 Million Opioid Settlement With 8 Firms

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States have secured about $720 million in settlements from eight pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the opioid epidemic. The settlement was achieved as part of a nationwide collaborative effort by state attorneys general. Individual states’ ultimate shares of the $720 …

11 07, 2025

Georgia Commercial Lender Owner Charged With $140M Ponzi Scheme

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NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — A prominent Georgia Republican was running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140 million, federal officials alleged in a complaint filed Thursday. The civil lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …

11 07, 2025

Countertop Maker in Georgia Fined for Exposing Workers to Silica Dust

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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Georgia countertop maker $33,000 for allegedly exposing workers to high levels of silica dust, which causes silicosis and other respiratory ailments. Brazilian Stone Design, in Powder Springs, which makes and sells …

11 07, 2025

T-Mobile Ending DEI Programs as it Seeks FCC Approval for 2 Deals

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Wireless carrier T-Mobile US said on Wednesday it is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, under pressure from the Trump administration as it seeks regulatory approval for two major deals. T-Mobile said in a letter to Federal Communications Commission …

11 07, 2025

NC Man Claimed Almost $300,000 in Travel Insurance Losses. Then He Was Arrested

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Oscar Rafeal Ruiz was a busy man in 2023 and 2024, jetting to numerous places, losing his luggage multiple times and filing travel insurance claims of almost $300,000. The problem, North Carolina authorities said, is that most of the claims …

11 07, 2025

Farmers in Texas Face Severe Losses From Floods

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Across a wide swath of Texas, the inundated rivers that ravaged communities also tore through farms and ranches. In the town of Bend, about two hours north of Austin, Boyd Clark waded into rising waters to help one of his …

11 07, 2025

Trump Administration Investigates Minnesota Agency’s Affirmative Action Policy

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The Trump administration said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into whether a Minnesota state agency’s newly updated affirmative action policy violates civil rights laws. The Minnesota Department of Human Services’ policy requires supervisors to provide a “hiring justification …