September 20, 2021
Hurricane Ida’s thrashing left homes in mangled heaps across southeastern Louisiana, but in an uncomfortable twist, the storm might have been a boon to southwestern parishes still struggling to recover from last year’s Hurricane Laura. Ida’s path of destruction through …
September 20, 2021
A Houston transmission line contractor has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for safety violations following worker’s death and severe injuries to another. Mesa Line Services failed to attach personnel platform to crane properly, according to the U.S. Department …
September 20, 2021
Missouri’s decision to allow open containers of alcohol in vehicles forces the state to divert millions of federal dollars intended for road construction to safety programs, according to a public radio report. The state’s policy of letting passengers drink in …
September 20, 2021
Singer Joins Acrisure as CFO Acrisure, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, appointed Lowell Singer as chief financial officer. Singer joins Acrisure following 14 years with The Walt Disney Co., where he served as senior vice president of investor relations. At …
September 20, 2021
This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at Acrisure Re, Amwins Global Risks and SiriusPoint. A summary of these new hires follows here. Reinsurance Broker Acrisure Re Augments Corporate Advisory and Solutions Division With 4 Appointments Acrisure Re, the …
September 20, 2021
Twitter Inc. agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit that accused the social media company of painting an overly rosy picture of its future. The suit, originally filed by Twitter shareholder Doris Shenwick, claimed executives …
September 20, 2021
PG&E Corp. told a judge it has put into place new safety measures that would have resulted in power being cut to a utility line suspected of sparking the second-largest wildfire in California history. The California utility giant said it …
September 20, 2021
Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe. The contractor had enough time to do some quick research and decided to wrap his mountain home with an …
September 20, 2021
The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died while being restrained by Tacoma police officers who have since been charged criminally, has filed a federal lawsuit over his death. Attorneys for Ellis’ sister, Monet Carter-Mixon, and mother, Marcia …
September 20, 2021
In Connecticut, a tree branch contacted a live high-voltage power line as a worker in an aerial lift cut it, electrocuting him. In Massachusetts, a falling tree branch struck and killed a worker cutting down oak trees, while a falling …