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Post-Tornado ‘Green’ Rebuild Considered a Mixed Success in Greensburg, Kansas

A dozen years after a tornado nearly wiped out Greensburg, Kansas, city leaders acknowledge that the decision to rebuild as “the greenest community in America” has been a mixed success. The E-5 tornado on May 4, 2007, killed 11 people …

Gordon, Reynolds Promoted Within Great American’s Property/Casualty Group

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Roy Reynolds to divisional president and Garry Gordon to divisional senior vice president within its Property & Casualty Group, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Liability Division. Reynolds joined Great American in December 2015 …

Confie Rebrands Standard Business as InsureOne; Keeps Freeway for Nonstandard

Confie, a national agency for personal and commercial lines insurance, has consolidated its standard personal and commercial Insurance businesses across the U.S. into one entity named InsureOne. While the InsureOne brand will be used for national standard lines accounts, the …

Farewell 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season: 18 Storms, 6 Hurricanes

The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on November 30, was marked by tropical activity that churned busily from mid-August through October, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The season produced 18 named storms, including six hurricanes …

Lawmakers Question Airbnb Over Rental Listings in Violation of Local Laws

U.S. lawmakers are asking Airbnb Inc. to provide information about hosts that list short-term rentals on the site who don’t comply with local laws and violate the company’s own policies. In a letter to Airbnb Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky, …

Vegan Suing Burger King Over Its ‘Impossible Whopper’ Has a Real Beef: Viewpoint

Is it really true that Burger King’s new Impossible Whopper is, as the ads claim, “100% Whopper, 0% beef”? A lawsuit just filed in federal court in Florida insists that the answer is no. The answer matters. The Impossible Whopper, …

3 Injured in Cincinnati After Partial Collapse of Building

Authorities say at least three people have been injured in Cincinnati after part of a building under construction collapsed. Cincinnati Fire Chief Roy Winston said three people on the structure’s fifth floor were injured when part of the building collapsed …

Oklahoma Commissioner OKs Rhode Island Insurer’s Insurance Business Transfer Plan

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready on Nov. 26 authorized Rhode Island-based insurance Providence Washington Insurance Co. (PWIC) to submit its Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) Plan to the District Court of Oklahoma County for approval. According to the Oklahoma Insurance Department, …

Post-Flood Home Buyouts Are Emptying Midwest Towns

Tammy Kilgore raised the giant claw of a John Deere excavator high in the air, then slammed it down on the roof the house where she had spent nearly her entire adult life. The shingles crunched, but not much else. …

Holman Named Deputy Director, General Counsel at Nebraska Insurance Dept.

Matthew Holman has been appointed deputy director and general counsel at the Nebraska Department of Insurance. Holman has served the department as legal counsel since August 2011 and as general counsel since November 2017. His new position was announced by …

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