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Vermont Gov. Scott Names Financial Services, Insurance Regulators

Vermont Governor Phil Scott has appointed Kevin Gaffney as commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) and Emily Brown as the department’s deputy commissioner of insurance. Both appointments are effective immediately. The DFR regulates banking, insurance, securities and captive …

$1.7M Committed for New Mexico Bridge Repair, Flood Mitigation

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the state is committing $1.7 million to repair a collapsed bridge in Roswell and implement additional flood mitigation strategies in the area. Lujan Grisham made the announcement Saturday next to the damaged bridge …

Yosemite Wildfire Growing as California’s Wildfire Season Develops

A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, and firefighters were working in difficult terrain Sunday to protect the iconic trees and a small mountain town as …

People Moves: BHSI Names Guinea to Customer Post in Spain; Catalina Appoints New CEOs in Asia and U.S.

BHSI Names Guinea to Customer Engagement Post in Spain Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that Eduardo Guinea has joined the organization as head of customer and broker engagement in Spain. He will be based in Madrid. Guinea comes to …

Digital Insurer Ranger Raises $5.25M With Assist From A-Rod for Agent Platform

Digital insurer Ranger said it just closed a $5.25 million seed round to further its development of a digital platform that promises to modernize the role of insurance agents, evolving their role into a home protection advisor. The round was …

Texas Power Grid Operator Warns of Rolling Blackouts Amid Record Heat

\The operator of Texas’s power grid on Sunday called on state residents for the second time this year to conserve energy, warning of potential rolling blackouts amid predictions for record-high temperatures on Monday. The state faces a “potential reserve capacity …

Iowa Man Charged With Insurance Fraud

Stephen Allen Allgood Jr., age 33, of Eddyville, was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau.The charges against Allgood stem from an investigation …

Applied Underwriters Bumps All Staff Salaries 10% to ‘Keep Up With Inflation’

Applied Underwriters on July 11 said it increased staff salaries across the board by 10% to keep up with inflation and its implications. The dramatic adjustment, far outpacing industry averages, came as predictions of inflation made by the company’s lead …

Worker Dies at Western Michigan Plant

A worker died in an accident July 7 at a Gerber Products Co. plant in western Michigan, parent company Nestle said. The employee was working on repairs to a production line when the accident occurred around 2 p.m., the company …

Michigan Shop That Sold Gun in School Shooting Named in Suit

The parents of a teenager wounded during a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are suing the shop that sold the handgun used to kill four students and injure six other people. The complaint filed last week in …

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