June 19, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — What could become Mississippi’s largest solar energy project was approved by a county board this week over objections from people who live near the proposed site. Hinds County supervisors voted 3-2 in favor of a conditional …
June 18, 2024
Alliant Insurance Services, known as one of the larger U.S. insurance distribution companies, has named Kevin Wintermute executive vice president of its employee benefits group, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Wintermute has 28 years in the business. Previously, he was …
June 18, 2024
A fire at country music star Carrie Underwood’s Nashville-area home was limited to the garage, thanks in part to a 10,000-gallon water tank on the property. USA Today and local news outlets reported that an all-terrain vehicle sparked a fire …
June 18, 2024
Insurance agents must now embrace the use of artificial intelligence, but they won’t be replaced by it. And the use of parametric policies will soon increase sharply across property insurance lines because that coverage lends itself perfectly to data-driven AI …
June 17, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four Florida police officers have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with a 2019 shootout on a busy rush-hour street that left a hijacked UPS driver and a passerby in a nearby car dead. A …
June 17, 2024
If the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team needs money to rebuild its roster next year, a Florida appeals court just saved the team more than $14,000 in workers’ compensation payments to an injured minor league pitcher. Florida’s 1st District …
June 17, 2024
In May, Florida’s chief financial officer sent out a notice that he had appointed new members to the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association’s board of directors. Just a week later, though, one of those appointees, a State Farm employee, was replaced. …
June 14, 2024
Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance inundated much of southern Florida on Wednesday, blocking roads, floating vehicles and delaying the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers. The disorganized storm system was …
June 13, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s top environmental regulator could order manufacturers of “forever chemicals” to help pay for water system cleanup upgrades whenever they are found responsible for discharges that contaminate drinking water beyond acceptable levels, under legislation advanced …
June 13, 2024
Banana giant Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of people killed during Colombia’s long civil war by a violent right-wing paramilitary group funded by the company, a federal jury in Florida decided. The verdict Monday by …