Monthly Archives: <span>September 2020</span>

South Dakota to Stop Issuing Temporary Insurance Producer Licenses

The South Dakota Division of Insurance is terminating its program of allowing temporary insurance producer licenses. The division issued a bulletin in April that outlined grounds for the issuance of temporary insurance producer license due to the COVID-19 pandemic and …

Lawyer: Minneapolis Healthcare Workers Improperly Accessed Floyd’s Medical Records

Family members of George Floyd have been notified that multiple employees of a Minneapolis healthcare system have improperly accessed the man’s medical records sometime in the last 30 days, an attorney for the family said. Attorney Antonio Romanucci told KARE …

Kansas Health Dept.: Meatpacking Plants Have Highest Number of Active COVID Cases

Meatpacking plants and correctional facilities continue to be the main sites of active COVID-19 clusters in Kansas, with each reporting thousands of cases, according to data released on Sept. 9 by the state health department. It was the first time …

Post-Hurricane Laura Mosquito Clouds Killing Louisiana Livestock

Clouds of mosquitoes have been so thick in southwest Louisiana since Hurricane Laura that they’re killing cattle and horses. Farmers in a five-parish area east and northeast of the parishes where the storm made its landfall Aug. 27 have probably …

Does An Employer Have to Say If Coworker Has Coronavirus?

Does an employer have to say if a coworker has the virus? Employers are generally not required to tell workers when someone in the workplace has tested positive for the coronavirus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends …

CalFire: 14K Firefighters on the Line at 29 Major Wildfires

As critical fire weather conditions subsided, firefighters accomplished full containment on one of the many fires burning in the state, according to the latest report from CalFire. Roughly 14,000 firefighters remain on the line of 29 major wildfires burning across …

Wildfires Grow in Oregon as 500K Evacuated, Death Toll Rises

Around half a million people in Oregon evacuated as dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires scorched U.S. West Coast states on Friday, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 16 people, state and local authorities said. In southern Oregon, an …

Meteorologists Tracking Potential Storm Threats Across Atlantic

While a tropical storm approaches Bermuda, the threat of more powerful systems is expanding across the Atlantic, from the Gulf of Mexico to Africa. Tropical Storm Paulette probably will become a hurricane on Sept. 13 as it nears Bermuda, possibly …

Lloyd’s Underlying Underwriting Results See ‘Huge Improvement’ Despite COVID Losses

While Lloyd’s overall results in the second half were hit by £2.4 billion ($3.12 billion) of COVID-19 claims, the market’s underlying underwriting performance saw a “huge improvement,” which Chief Executive Officer John Neal said is a “real testament to the …

Facebook Going to Court in Ireland to Salvage Its EU to U.S. Data Transfer Practices

Facebook Inc. launched legal action on Friday against Ireland’s Data Protection Commission in an attempt to halt a proposed order that could stop the company from transferring data from the European Union to the United States. The U.S. social media …