March 19, 2024
In the wake of a record-shattering 28 billion-dollar extreme weather and natural disaster season in 2023, the U.S. finds itself at the mercy of an increasingly volatile climate. As hurricanes grow fiercer, sea levels rise and rainfall patterns shift, one …
March 19, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s elected labor commissioner has declined to adopt rules sought by worker and civil rights groups that would have set safety and masking directives in workplaces for future infectious disease outbreaks like with COVID-19. Commissioner …
March 19, 2024
Maui’s mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more firefighters as his Hawaii community recovers from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Mayor Richard Bissen outlined the steps in emotional remarks more than …
March 19, 2024
ICW Group Insurance Companies promoted Paul Zamora to chief underwriting officer, leading the company’s property/casualty multiline underwriting strategy and business expansion. Zamora joined ICW Group nearly 20 years ago to oversee its workers’ compensation underwriting business. He most recently served …
March 19, 2024
A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on an older Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving …
March 19, 2024
New Jersey, known as much for its beaches and blueberries as for the chemical plants and refineries that line some of its major highways, is considering asking voters a fundamental question: Should the state guarantee its citizens the right to …
March 19, 2024
This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance licenses can be hard to get and keep, even for those with the most pristine backgrounds. So, what’s an insurance producer to do if they find themselves in the …
March 18, 2024
Six defendants will stand trial on charges alleging the group operated an auto insurance fraud scheme targeting Michigan residents involved in automobile collisions, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Anita Fox, Director of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial …
March 18, 2024
LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped through parts …
March 18, 2024
LUBBOCK — Firefighters have completely contained the Smokehouse Creek fire in Hutchinson County after a nearly three-week battle with what quickly became the largest wildfire in Texas history. That inferno and a series of other wildfires killed at least two …