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$76K Water Pollution Fine Against Iowa Cattle Feedlot Upheld

An administrative judge has approved a $76,000 fine against an Iowa cattle feedlot for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging polluted wastewater into the East Fork of the Des Moines River. Tony and Joshua Brown, of Armstrong, Iowa, discharged …

Oklahoma’s CompSource Mutual Insurance Assigned ‘A’ Rating by AM Best

AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” to CompSource Mutual Insurance Co. (CompSource Mutual), based in Oklahoma City. The outlook assigned to these ratings is stable. The ratings …

Hundreds of Firefighters Chicago Battle Huge Auto Warehouse Fire

Hundreds of firefighters battled a fire on Dec. 10 in Chicago’s West Side that engulfed an auto parts warehouse. Crews were called to flames shooting through the roof of Best Value Autobody Supply Inc., Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt …

Texas’ Marine Underwriters of America Acquired by DOXA Insurance Holdings

DOXA Insurance Holdings LLC (DOXA) has acquired Conroe, Texas-based Marine Underwriters of America (MUA), a niche agency serving the marine industry with specialized insurance policies for ocean marine, inland marine and related property for commercial and recreational marine customers. Marine …

Record Return of Merger Activity Leads to Massive Growth in M&A Insurance Market

LONDON – A record rebound in merger activity this year and a rise in litigation has brought with it an upsurge in insurance policies that give companies and private equity firms cover for when a deal goes wrong, industry officials …

Chubb Launches Digital Team for Continental Europe and UK & Ireland

Chubb has announced the creation of a new digital team for Continental Europe (CE) and the United Kingdom & Ireland (UK&I). The team has been formed to develop and execute the insurer’s plans to broaden its digital product and service …

No-Deal Brexit Grows More Likely as UK-EU Trade Talks Remain Deadlocked

Britain is likely to complete its journey out of the European Union in three weeks without a trade deal, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. Britain quit the EU in …

Family of Pilot Killed Fighting California Wildfire Sues Aircraft Companies

The family of a veteran helicopter pilot who died when his aircraft crashed as he was dropping water over a California wildfire filed suit Wednesday against the companies that designed and maintained the aircraft. Michael Fournier of Rancho Cucamonga, California, …

Woman Abused by Washington Band Teacher Settles for $2M

A school district in Washington state has agreed to a $2 million settlement after a woman sued over sexual abuse by a band teacher 30 years ago – a trauma so profound she said it caused her to stop teaching …

Global Banks Battle COVID-19 Crime Wave

LONDON — Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of tackling criminals seeking to cash in on coronavirus. A French drugs firm …

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