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Texas Attorney General Opens Probe Into CenterPoint Over Beryl

The Texas attorney general is investigating CenterPoint Energy Inc. citing potential violation of the state’s law in the utility’s response during Hurricane Beryl, when millions in the Houston area were left without power — some for days in the sweltering …

People Moves: Everest Launches Global Broker Management Team Led by Izzo; Evolin Broking Launches Casualty Division With 3 Senior Hires

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at re/insurer Everest Group and Evolin Broking. A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Launches Global Broker Management Team Led by Izzo Everest Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based property, casualty, and …

Anti-DEI Shareholders Are Attacking Corporate America’s Diversity Programs

For conservative groups, losing big at company annual meetings is still winning. That’s because their growing presence at the shareholder gatherings is simultaneously disrupting management plans and generating headlines, even as their proposals to end corporate diversity programs attract scant …

Hawaiian Electric Pegs Loss at $1.7 Billion From Maui Fire

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. pegged losses from estimated accrual of liabilities stemming from one of the worst wildfires in US history at $1.7 billion and issued a going-concern warning. Hawaiian Electric said last week that it had agreed to pay …

Staged Auto Accident Leads to Murder, Conviction in Georgia

First, he orchestrated a staged auto accident in Georgia. Then he murdered a co-conspirator in 2019 in a disagreement over payment from insurance proceeds related to the faked crash. Today, Norman Uriah Simmonds Jr., 45, of Lilburn, Georgia, is headed …

Colorado Wildfire That Destroyed 27 Homes Was Human-Caused, Officials Say

The Colorado wildfire that tore through 15 square miles (39 square kilometers) and destroyed 48 buildings, over half of which were homes, was human-caused, investigators said. The Alexander Mountain Fire burning near Loveland, about an hour’s drive north of Denver, …

Federal Court Says Lindberg and Firms Must Pay $167M to Defunct Dutch Insurer

Former insurance executive Greg Lindberg, now awaiting sentencing in a North Carolina bribery conviction, and his companies must pay almost $167 million to an insolvent life insurance company in the Netherlands, a federal judge decided last week. “There is nothing …

Worker Falls to Death From Theater Construction Site in Boston

Boston police reported that a construction worker fell to his death while working on restoring Emerson College’s Cutler Majestic Theater on Friday, August 9. Police were called to the scene on Tremont Street at 12:45 pm. Photos showed scaffolding on …

Winning Lawsuit Against Titan Sub Owner Could Be Difficult, Experts Say

A lawsuit stemming from the Titan submersible disaster felt inevitable, but winning a big judgment against the owner of the vessel could be very difficult, legal experts said on Thursday. The family of French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, one of five …

UK Revisits Social Media Regulation After Far-Right Riots

The British government is considering changes to the Online Safety Act designed to regulate social media companies, following a week of racist rioting driven by false information online. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The act, passed in October but not set to …

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