World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired LIA Great Bend Inc. (d/b/a Alliance Insurance Group) (Alliance) of Salina, Kan. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Led by CEO Cody Smith, Alliance is a full-service insurance agency that provides property/casualty …
A company in eastern Texas that sells about 200,000 smoked turkeys every holiday season was forced to shut down after a fire and at least two explosions destroyed part of the facility. Greenberg Smoked Turkey Inc. in Tyler, Texas, will …
Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is letting homeowners know that its Operation Blue Roof is free, and they should let authorities know if any company tries to make them pay. The program installs tarps on damaged roofs to waterproof them …
Bass Pro Shops is being sued by a Louisiana seafood company that alleges the outdoor retailer did not buy enough alligator meat. Big Pop’s Fresh Louisiana Seafood alleges in a federal lawsuit filed last week that Bass Pro agreed to …
American International Group announced that Lucy Fato, executive vice president and general counsel, has assumed additional responsibilities in the newly created position global head of Communications and Government Affairs. In her expanded role, Fato has assumed responsibility for Global Communications …
Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power said on Wednesday it had received the green light from a local governor to restart one of its nuclear reactors, nearly a decade after it was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami that caused the Fukushima …
Activity at an Argentine grains crushing plant of Chinese commodities giant COFCO International was halted on Tuesday after an accident that killed three workers, the company said. “We regret to inform that at our plant in the town of Saforcada, …
Global insurance broker Aon said it is expanding its corporate apprenticeship program with an investment of $30 million over the next five years. With this expansion, Aon hopes to develop a nationwide network of employers to create 10,000 apprenticeships across …
A U.S. meat company that supplies Walmart and Costco is suing New Mexico to fight a state order that seeks to close a production facility where more than 100 workers have tested positive for COVID-19. The lawsuit from Stampede Meat …
