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Four Years After Hurricane Michael, Florida City Rebuilding, Recovering
Jul 25 2022 // MEXICO BEACH, Fla. — Standing on the deck of the new Driftwood Inn, 31/2 years after Hurricane Michael obliterated the old one, Tom Wood spoke of the months after the storm. One of his daughters had urged him and his...
Two 100+ Years Old New Hampshire Agencies Merge
Jul 22 2022 // Two long-time New Hampshire insurance agencies— The Insurance Center based in Claremont and McCrillis & Eldredge in Newport— announced that their companies are joining forces. The combined organization will...
Three Charged in Arson of Historic West Virginia Church
Jul 15 2022 // Three people have been arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed a historic church in West Virginia, state police said. Braxton Allan Miller, 18, of Charleston; James Dean Elmore, 19, of Beckley; and a juvenile boy...
1M Gallons of Oil Collected Since 2019 Spill off Louisiana Coast
Jul 14 2022 // One million gallons of oil have been collected since April 2019 from the site of the nation’s longest oil spill, in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, the Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Three Iowa Women Charged with Insurance Fraud
Jun 28 2022 // Three women were charged with insurance fraud following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Danesha Minor, 37, of Des Moines was charged with presenting false information (Class D Felony),...
Seven Taiwanese Insurers Have Not Received Russian Eurobond Payments: Regulator
Jun 28 2022 // Taiwan’s financial regulator said on Tuesday that seven Taiwanese insurance companies have not received interest due on May 27 on Russian Eurobonds after a grace period ended on Sunday evening. Russia defaulted on...
Three Nominees for Florida Supreme Court Appear to Lean the Insurer Way
Jun 15 2022 // Some Florida insurers may feel like they didn’t score a home run with the recent property insurance reform measures signed into law in May. But they could soon see a friendly umpire on the state Supreme Court, likely...
Three Teens Arrested in Fire That Burned 3 Historic Homes in Georgia
Jun 14 2022 // Police charged three boys with arson in fires that destroyed three historic homes in an Atlanta suburb over the weekend. Two 14-year-olds and one 15-year-old were arrested Wednesday at their homes in Clayton County,...
Seven Die on Georgia Waterways over Memorial Day Weekend
May 31 2022 // Searchers recovered the bodies of three missing boaters Sunday after two vessels collided on a Georgia river, bringing the crash’s death toll to five people. One of the surviving boaters was charged with boating...
Two More Louisiana Defendants Sentenced in Operation Sideswipe
May 26 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on May 25, 2022 that Doniesha Gibson (Gibson) age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana and Erica Lee Thompson (Erica Lee), age 47, of Harvey, Louisiana, were sentenced for...
3M Ordered to Pay $77.5 Million to Veteran in Latest Earplug Trial
May 23 2022 // A jury in Pensacola, Florida federal court on Friday ordered 3M Co. to pay $77.5 million to a U.S. Army veteran who said he suffered hearing damage as a result of using the company’s military-issue earplugs. The...
Two of Central Kentucky’s Oldest Agencies Merge
May 20 2022 // Two of the oldest insurance agencies in Central Kentucky have merged. Rightmyer Insurance Agency in Danville, founded in the 1930s, has joined forces with Sam Dexter Insurance Agency, which began in 1954, according to a...
Three More Florida Insurers Asking for Big Rate Hikes at Hearings
May 17 2022 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation held hearings Tuesday on major rate increases from three more property insurers: Florida Farm Bureau, First Floridian, and Kin Interinsurance Network. The Kin and First Floridian...
Two Barges Break Free in Flooding, Float Down the Potomac
May 11 2022 // WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) — Two construction barges broke free from their moorings amid flooding on the Potomac River over the weekend and floated downstream before being snagged by underwater materials, a National Park...
Two Sentenced in Compounded Medicine Fraud Scheme
May 5 2022 // An Arkansas man and a Florida man have been sentenced to prison for their roles in giving kickbacks in compounded cream schemes that defrauded a government insurer of millions of dollars. Federal prosecutors said Brad...
Five Days That Could Save the Insurance World: DeSantis Calls Session for May 23-27
Apr 26 2022 // May 23 through May 27. Those are the dates Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has set aside for a special session of the Florida Legislature to address a number of changes that could ameliorate what many have called a property...
Two-Thirds of Employees Might Seek New Jobs if Forced Back to Office: Global Survey
Apr 26 2022 // Worker demands for more flexibility and security, bolstered by the pandemic and a tight labor market, are only growing more intense as the world economy reopens and some firms begin trying to pull employees back to...
One or Two Days in the Office Is the ‘Sweet Spot’ of Hybrid Work
Apr 12 2022 // Just one or two days in the office is the ideal setup for hybrid work, according to a new study, as it provides workers with the flexibility they crave without the isolation of going fully remote. The findings, in a paper...
Six Years After Insurance Claim, Hummer Found Buried in Rural Alabama
Apr 8 2022 // The owner of a Hummer vehicle found buried in rural Alabama will have some explaining to do when he returns home, the local sheriff said after crews used a backhoe to unearth the vehicle this week. “We had our...
Two Promoted to Executive Vice President of Programs at Breckenridge Insurance
Apr 7 2022 // Atlanta, GA., April 7, 2022 —Breckenridge Insurance recently promoted Cricket Thomas, CRIS and Tim Anders, CPCU to executive vice presidents of programs having demonstrated their respective operational, underwriting, and...
