The National Weather Service confirmed the severe thunderstorms that moved through northern parts of the Red River Valley earlier this week produced six tornadoes. The weather service’s damage assessment team said tornadoes were confirmed near Starkweather, east of Binford, north …
Texas transportation officials say in 2020 there was a dramatic rise in the number of people killed walking and biking on roadways. Despite a decrease in traffic crashes in 2020, 731 people died in pedestrian-related crashes, an increase of 9% …
Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group acquired Risk Consulting Partners (RCP), a firm that specializes in working with private equity firms and assessing risk exposures across all companies in their portfolios. With core competencies in property/casualty insurance, employee benefits, life insurance, risk …
Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance is pleased to launch its first Spanish-language course. The Spanish version of the popular course “You Can’t Read Insurance Policies Like Anything Else“, “No Se Puede Leer Las Polizas De Seguro Como Qualquier Otra Cosa!“, …
Accenture said it has fully restored certain affected systems, after a CNBC reporter tweeted of a hacker group saying it attacked the IT consulting firm using LockBit ransomware and threatened to release the data in several hours. “Through our security …
The California Supreme Court declined to consider reining in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving in place a lower court’s ruling that the governor acted within his authority. The justices unanimously denied the petition for review …
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says the state should be able to reopen a vital interstate highway corridor that was blocked by massive mud and debris slides in a wildfire burn scar area to limited traffic on Saturday. Polis made the …
The wheat harvest on Marci Green’s farm doesn’t usually begin until late August, but a severe drought stunted this year’s crop and her crews finished harvesting last week because she didn’t want what had grown so far to shrivel and …
The European Commission has granted competition law clearance for Vienna Insurance Group’s proposed acquisition of Aegon’s businesses in Central and Eastern Europe, according to the insurer. The acquisition by Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIG) was first announced …
Community Bank System Inc. acquired the assets of the New England-based Thomas Gregory Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. (TGA), a property/casualty broker specializing in the food and agribusiness industries. TGA’s assets were acquired by OneGroup, NY Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of …
