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Wright Flood Expands Private Flood Insurance Offering in Illinois

Wright National Flood Insurance Services has announced its entrance into Illinois by introducing an admitted, stand-alone private flood insurance product as the next state in the continued expansion of the company’s ResiFlood program. Wright Residential Private Flood Insurance can be …

Amtrak Train Strikes Pickup Truck in North Dakota; 2 Teens Killed

SPRINGBROOK, N.D. (AP) – An Amtrak passenger train has struck a pickup truck in North Dakota, killing two teenage boys and injuring a third, authorities say. The North Dakota Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 8 p.m. Monday when …

Hub Acquires Minnesota’s Horizon Agency

Hub International announced that it has acquired the assets of Horizon Agency, Inc. (Horizon Agency). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Horizon Agency is an independently owned agency that provides commercial and personal insurance, …

Indiana Insurance Commissioner Directs Grace Period for Residents Hit by Storms

Indiana Department of Insurance Commissioner Amy L. Beard issued a bulletin directing insurance companies to implement a 60-day cancellation moratorium for any policyholder directly affected by the recent weather events in Allen, Benton, Cass, Clinton, Howard, Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Sullivan, …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Nebraska’s Quality First Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of La Vista, Nebraska-based Quality First Insurance, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Quality First Insurance is an insurance agency serving health care and senior living facilities in Nebraska and …

Ohio Flooring Mill Fined $333K for Repeated Safety Violations

For the third time in five months, federal safety inspectors responded to a Portsmouth, Ohio hardwood flooring mill to investigate reports of unsafe machinery. Two of those inspections involved worker’s injuries, the latest on Oct. 5, 2022, when a worker’s …

Kansas Lawmakers Move to Help Survivors Pursue Child Sex Abuse Claims

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Abuse survivors and advocates who’ve pushed for legislation making it easier in Kansas to prosecute abusers and file lawsuits decades later have achieved a breakthrough in the Legislature, where the proposal is advancing quickly. The bill …

BAN Spins Off From Alera Group, Names Braun CEO

Benefit Advisors Network (BAN), an international network of employee benefit brokers and consulting firms from across the United States and Canada – and the National Benefits Center (NBC), are spinning off from Alera Group, an independent, national insurance and wealth …

Residents Across South, Midwest Reel From Pack of Tornadoes That Killed 26

WYNNE, Ark. (AP) – Residents across a wide swath of the South and Midwest raced to assess the destruction wreaked by storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes and killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities. …

Nebraska District Sued Over Axing of Student Paper After LGBTQ Issue

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A former high school journalist and the Nebraska High School Press Association sued Friday over a school district’s shutdown of the school newspaper after it published an LGBTQ-focused edition. The federal lawsuit claims Grand Island Northwest …

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