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Canada’s Economical Offers Cyber Cover for Business Losses After Data Breaches

Economical Insurance has launched cyber coverage that is available to commercial policies to support Canadian businesses in the event of a data breach. Called “EXPERT Cyber,” the Economical product provides response services and coverage for both first- and third-party losses …

Instructor Files Suit Against Wisconsin College Over Tenure Matter

An art instructor is suing Edgewood College in Wisconsin for terminating her tenure in violation of policy after she moved to Indianapolis. Agnieszka Ligendza filed the lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court. She alleges the college ended her tenure on …

Michigan Will Take Part in Public Safety Broadband Network

Michigan is opting into a national public safety broadband network. Lt. Gov. Brian Calley recently signed a letter for Michigan to participate in the First Responder Network Authority, known as FirstNet. FirstNet, in partnership with AT&T, will build, operate and …

Michigan Facing $2B Budget Squeeze in State’s General Fund

Tax cuts, increased road construction, past economic development incentives and other factors will combine to reduce or divert state revenue by $2 billion annually in just over four years _ the equivalent of 20 percent of Michigan’s general fund account. …

University of Michigan Gets $2.5M to Study Opioid Epidemic, Other Injuries

The University of Michigan Injury Center has received $2.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control for research into the prevention of prescription drug overdoses, concussion, youth violence, motor vehicle crashes, sexual violence, falls and other injuries. “Injury is the …

Egg Contamination Leads to Widespread Cull of Hens in Europe

Millions of hens may need to be culled in the Netherlands after traces of a potentially harmful insecticide were found in eggs, a Dutch farming group said, ratcheting up the strain on a sector still reeling from a bird flu …

Colorado Worker’s Body Found Under 2-Ton Container at Coal Processing Plant

A worker has died in an accident at a northwestern Colorado coal processing plant, the mine and federal officials said. The body of Jason Stevens of Vernal, Utah was found under a two-ton container used to clean coal at a …

Oregon’s Cannabis Coast Becoming Home for Legal Pot Dealers

Eddie Biggar sports a black-and-green suit dotted with tiny green leaves as he dances jovially on a corner of the Pacific Coast Highway. Some two-and-a-half hours southwest of Portland, he owns the sidewalk. Just like a sign-waiver might promote the …

Investigators Say Gunfire Caused Wildfire Near California’s Yosemite

Fire investigators say gunfire caused a wildfire near Yosemite National Park that destroyed 131 structures, including 63 homes, last month. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said that a gun fired on public lands caused the wildfire that …

Hub Acquires Assets of New Mexico-Based Bianchi

Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Bianchi & Assoc. Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Richard Bianchi, Bianchi’s president, will join Hub New Mexico and report to Sherrye Butler, Employee benefits market leader of …

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