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Great American Adds Salway, Cacoilo to Manage New Luxury Yacht Program

Great American Insurance Group’s Ocean Marine Division has introduced its Luxury Yacht Program, offering insurance products for luxury yachts through select yacht specialty agents. Rick Salway has joined Great American as divisional vice president to oversee the development and management …

Texas Insurance Industry to Welcome Lloyd’s Chairman at Lloyd’s Day Events

Specialist insurance market Lloyd’s of London will host Lloyd’s Day Texas to welcome Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown to the United States. The event will be held in Dallas on Oct. 4, 2017, and in Houston on Oct. 5, 2017. Those interested …

New Software Monitors Oklahoma Bridges Following Earthquakes

Oklahoma transportation officials have installed a monitoring service to help prioritize bridge inspections after earthquakes. The ShakeCast software is the final stage in a two-year contract with the private firm Infrastructure Engineers Inc., The Oklahoman reported. The U.S. Geological Survey …

AIG Appoints Williamson as Global Head of Employee Communications

American International Group Inc. has appointed Anita Williamson as global head of employee communications, effective today. In this role, Williamson will develop and execute global programs to strengthen employee engagement and align with AIG’s global business goals. She will report …

Ohio Parents Test School Liability in Bullying, Child Suicide Case

The parents of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who hanged himself from his bunk bed with a necktie want school officials held responsible, testing the issue of school liability in suicides blamed on bullying. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the …

Michigan to Refund $21M as 44K Jobless Fraud Cases Reversed

The state of Michigan said it has reversed at least 44,000 unemployment benefit fraud cases covering a two-year period and is refunding nearly $21 million after a computer system wrongly accused people of collecting excessive benefits. The figures were released …

Safety Concerns Keep Tulsa Business Owners Out of Tornado-Damaged Building

A Tulsa, Okla., building that suffered millions of dollars in damage when it was struck by a tornado recently is being assessed to determine whether it may collapse. The 20-story Remington Tower was damaged during a storm on Aug. 6. …

Ohio Mutual Offering Premium Discounts with Cellcontrol Drive ID Technology Use

Cellcontrol and Ohio Mutual Insurance, based in Bucyrus, Ohio, are partnering on a program to reduce distracted driving by offering a 10 percent discount on auto policy premiums when insureds use Cellcontrol’s DriveID technology. In response to the unprecedented rise …

Nevada Issuing Marijuana Distribution Licenses to Non-Liquor Wholesalers

Nevada marijuana regulators have decided to start issuing pot distribution licenses to businesses other than liquor wholesalers to keep up with overwhelming demand since legal recreational sales began July 1. The Nevada Department of Taxation voted to open up the …

Lawyer Says Blown Tire Caused Livestreamed, Deadly Crash in California

The defense attorney for a teenage driver accused of driving drunk while livestreaming the crash that killed her younger sister says a mechanical problem may have caused the accident in California. The Merced Sun-Star reported Obdulia Sanchez’s lawyer told a …

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