Evacuated residents can safely return to the Ohio village where crews burned toxic chemicals after a train derailed five days ago near the Pennsylvania state line, East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick said. Authorities in East Palestine had warned that …
The Reno City Council approved a $250,000 settlement Wednesday with a former American Civil Liberties Union official who was shot by police with rubber bullets while serving as a legal observer at a 2020 civil rights protest in the wake …
The expansion of the insurance value chain to include risk mitigation has been underway for decades. But in recent years, it’s been rapidly progressing toward a tipping point where the “insurance” sector brand will be reinvented as “risk management and …
Hilb Group Buys Nowell Agency in Mississippi The Hilb Group has expanded into Mississippi with the acquisition of The Nowell Agency, the property insurance brokerage and benefits firm announced. The Nowell Agency has offices in Brandon, Greenwood, Tupelo, Byram and …
A federal appeals court sided again with North Carolina’s attorney general on Wednesday, saying a 1931 libel law is most likely unconstitutional. Josh Stein has sought to block a fellow Democrat from using the law to prosecute him over a …
Facebook and its outside law firm were ordered to pay almost $1 million in sanctions for deceitfully denying that it shared users’ private information with third parties without permission. The fine is “loose change” for Facebook and Gibson Dunn & …
A bill increasing punishments for violent protests following the 2020 demonstrations over George Floyd’s murder passed the North Carolina House on Wednesday despite harsh criticism from social justice advocates. Some bipartisan support signals a potential override of any veto by …
A public adjuster cannot act as an appraiser for a homeowner they represent when the insurance policy specifies that the appraiser must be “disinterested,” the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The high court affirmed a 2nd District Court of Appeal …
Albert A. Benchimol, president and CEO, of AXIS Capital has issued a letter of remembrance to colleagues about Michael A. Butt, the company’s former chairman and industry leader, who died on Feb. 8. Benchimol describes Butt as a “towering figure” …
The UK government is in talks to speed the implementation of a flagship insurance reform to release £100 billion ($121 billion) of capital for investment, after months of clashes over the plans and frustration about the slow pace of change. …
