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People Moves: QBE North America Promotes Foley to Pres. Commercial Insurance; Browne to Lead AGCS Specialty Business

QBE North America Promotes Foley to President of Commercial Insurance QBE North America has promoted Michael Foley to president, commercial insurance. Foley will be responsible for planning, directing, and executing the vision for lines of business, including middle market, commercial …

Texas Oil & Gas Company Filed $39K After Employee Suffers Fatal Exposure

Federal investigators found an oil and gas company employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump pit in September 2022. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Production Waste Solutions …

Nebraska School to Pay $1 Million After Boy Who Ate Teacher’s Snack Died

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska school district has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of an eighth grader who died after eating a granola bar given to him by a teacher. The Papillion La Vista school board …

Crews Clean Up After UP Train Derails in Kansas

MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) – Crews continued to clean up after a train derailment a day earlier in McPherson that spilled denatured alcohol and caused a grass fire. Officials said 13 cars of the Union Pacific train came off the tracks …

Citgo’s Lawsuit Against Lloyd’s Insurer Over Seized Venezuelan Oil Gets Go-Ahead

Citgo Petroleum Corp. may move forward with an attempt to collect more than $40 million it claimed from insurers after Venezuelan authorities in 2020 seized almost a million barrels of its oil. US District Judge Gregory Wood on Wednesday denied …

Intangic MGA Launches Cyber Parametric Policy With Backing From AXA XL

Intangic MGA, a London-based cyber managing general agent (MGA), has been launched with capacity backing from AXA XL, offering new cyber insurance cover for large public corporations headquartered in the UK. The company is led by an executive team with …

Honda Recalling 500,000 Vehicles to Fix Seat Belt Problem

Honda is recalling a half-million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because the front seat belts may not latch properly. The recall covers some of the the automaker’s top-selling models including the 2017 through 2020 CR-V, the 2018 and 2019 …

Mexico Launches Appeal in Suit Against U.S. Gun Makers

Mexico has filed an appeal in a civil lawsuit against U.S.-based gun manufacturers, it said on Wednesday, looking to crack down on the trafficking of weapons to powerful drug cartels. A U.S. judge in September dismissed the $10 billion lawsuit …

Carolina Town to Phase Out Golf Carts on Streets; Florida Lawmakers Want Age Limit

A beach town in North Carolina is cracking down on golf carts on city streets, after the number of carts, unlicensed drivers and accidents has grown in recent years. The Port City Daily newspaper reported that the town council of …

Dutch Court Finds Facebook Misused Data in Class Action Lawsuit

A Dutch court hearing a class action lawsuit on Wednesday found that a European subsidiary of Meta, Facebook Ireland, improperly used personal data of Dutch citizens between 2010 and 2020, saying the company had “violated the law.” “Personal information was …

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