Monthly Archives: <span>July 2021</span>

Feds Sue North Carolina County Over Firing of 911 Operator Who Reported Sexual Harassment

A North Carolina county’s emergency communications unit engaged in unlawful retaliation when it terminated a worker after she told supervisors that she had been sexually harassed while on the job, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of …

Global Warming Could Kill 83 Million People by Turn of Next Century: Study

A population equivalent to that of Germany — 83 million people — could be killed by 2100 because of rising temperatures caused by greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new study that might influence how markets price carbon pollution. The research …

Mississippi ICU Capacity ‘Extinguished’ by Latest COVID Spike

Mississippi’s top public health official said that intensive care units are filling up in some hospitals and COVID-19 outbreaks are expanding in nursing homes as the delta variant of the virus continues to spread rapidly. “We are seeing more and …

Ireland to Introduce Laws to Make Insurers, Bankers Accountable for Corporate Failings

DUBLIN – Ireland will introduce long-anticipated laws to make senior bankers and executives in other financial sectors directly accountable for failings at institutions over the next 12 to 18 months, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Tuesday. Donohoe had planned …

Anti-Fraud Tech Company FRISS Raises $65 Million to Fund Expansion

FRISS, a provider of AI-focused fraud prevention and detection products for P/C insurers, raised $65 million to help it carve out new product lines and market reach. The company said it serves insurers in more than 40 countries currently, and …

Global Empowerment Mission Provides Housing Assistance for Surfside Victims

Sharon Schechter escaped the South Florida condominium tower collapse with just the nightclothes she was wearing, so she cried shortly after when the Global Empowerment Mission gave her an electric toothbrush, a phone charger and a $500 gift card to …

People Moves: IIAT Promotes Loftis, Adds Ellmer; New Officers, Board Members for Austin Agents Association

IIAT The Independent Insurance Agents Association of Texas (IIAT) promoted H. Lee Loftis Jr. to chief legislative officer and added Regan Ellmer to the IIAT government affairs team. Loftis has been IIAT’s government affairs director since 2006. Ellmer joins Loftis …

People Moves: United Valley Adds Cyr; MJ Hall Names Brooks Lead Broker in California

United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Paul Cyr Southwest region director. Cyr, formerly United Valley’s Member Advisory Council chair, joins United Valley as the lead in Arizona and surrounding states. His primary role is to liaison with members and …

Warming Rivers in Western U.S. Killing Imperiling Fish Industry

Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California river, and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped out in another. Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon, once they enter the Pacific Ocean, are sounding …

FEMA OKs Funds to Help Fight Montana Wildfire

Federal funds are now available to help with firefighting costs for the Poverty Flats Fire burning in Big Horn County and Crow Agency in Montana, FEMA reported. FEMA Acting Regional Administrator Tammy Littrell approved the state’s request for a federal …