13 03, 2023

Mosaic Insurance Opens Singapore Office, Hiring 2 Specialty Underwriters

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Mosaic Insurance has opened an office in Singapore and hired two specialty underwriters to build its transactional liability business across the Asia-Pacific region. Benn Wilson will serve as regional CEO, and head of Asia for Mosaic’s transactional liability division. Joining …

13 03, 2023

Aon Updates Europe Windstorm, Severe Convective Storm Models

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Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm, updated its Impact Forecasting Europe Windstorm and Severe Convective Storm (SCS) catastrophe models to incorporate emissions scenarios that inform current and future projections of climate and storm activity across the continent. Windstorm …

13 03, 2023

WV Lawmakers Cap Damages for Deliberately Putting Workers in Harm’s Way

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A bill that would cap some of the damages West Virginia workers and their families can receive if their employer deliberately puts them in harm’s way on the job is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice. The Republican …

13 03, 2023

Family of NC Meteorologist Killed in Crash Files Suit Against Helicopter Companies

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The family of a meteorologist who was killed last fall in a helicopter crash in North Carolina is suing a maintenance facility and the companies that owned and operated the aircraft. The lawsuit was filed the same week in which …

13 03, 2023

Insurers Try to Merge Lawsuits Brought by Lessors for Jets Confiscated in Russia

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Insurers led by AIG are asking London’s High Court to merge various lawsuits brought by aircraft lessors against insurance companies refusing to pay out claims for jets effectively confiscated in Russia. AerCap Holdings NV, the world’s biggest jet lessor, is …

13 03, 2023

Florida Girl Killed When Straight-Line Winds Blow Tree Onto Car

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A 16-year-old girl in the Florida Panhandle was killed when a tree fell on the vehicle she was in during a fierce storm that saw wind speeds reach 80 mph (129 km), authorities said. The girl was killed and the …

13 03, 2023

Storm Breached California River’s Levee, Hundreds Evacuated

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Authorities ordered more than 1,500 people to evacuate early Saturday from a Northern California agricultural community famous for its strawberry crop after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river pummeling the state. Monterey County …

13 03, 2023

China is ‘Big Threat’ to Energy Industry, Cybersecurity Official Says

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The US energy industry must shore up protection against cyberattacks from China, a more pressing concern than attacks from Russia amid its war on Ukraine, according to a senior government cybersecurity official. “The big threat we all need to be …

13 03, 2023

Court Order Restricts Sale of ‘Ghost Gun’ Parts in New York

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The New York attorney general has won an order that stops gun companies from selling or distributing unfinished or unserialized gun parts used to assemble untraceable “ghost guns” to New York consumers. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan granted …

13 03, 2023

Attorney General Names Turkel to Head Sept. 11th Victim Compensation Fund

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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has chosen Allison Turkel to head the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF). Turkel, who has served in the Justice Department for more than 14 years, most recently in the Office for Victims of Crime, …