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Texas Mutual Launches e-Learning Tool for Policyholders

Workers’ compensation Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has launched a free workplace safety training tool for policyholders called e-Learning. e-Learning gives business owners access to a library of more than 200 modern, video-based training courses on a variety of workplace safety …

Forestry Services: Wildfires in Oklahoma, Kansas 42% Contained

Oklahoma Forestry Services says four wildfires in northwestern Oklahoma and southwestern Kansas are now 42 percent contained, but a high fire danger continues in the region. The agency said that the largest fire is the Starbuck fire that began near …

Author of Texas ‘Hailstorm’ Bill Says ‘Significant Changes’ Made

The Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee on March 9 heard testimony on a revised bill that aims to limit the number of policyholder lawsuits filed against property insurance companies following severe weather events. At the hearing, Senate Business and …

Nodak Completes Mutual-to-Stock Insurance Company Conversion

Nodak Mutual Insurance Co., based in Fargo, N.D., has completed its conversion from a mutual to stock insurance company and the formation of a mutual holding company Nodak Mutual Group Inc. and an intermediate stock holding company NI Holdings Inc. …

Judge: ABC Must Face Defamation Trial over ‘Pink Slime’ Reports

A South Dakota state judge has ordered ABC Broadcasting to face a potential $5.7 billion defamation lawsuit claiming it damaged Beef Products Inc. by referring in a series of reports to a meat product it sold as “pink slime.” Judge …

Safety National Casualty Appoints 3 to Senior Management Roles

St. Louis, Mo.-based Safety National Casualty Corp. has promoted Cyndee Morton, Mitch Neuhaus and Keith Rogers to senior management positions. Morton has been promoted to senior vice president – Operations. Morton is responsible for senior management oversight of the Policy …

RMS Launches Agricultural Risk Models for India and China

RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk management firm, has added agricultural risk models for India and China to its line of emerging risks models, and plans to expand coverage across Asia-Pacific and the Americas. The addition of the models is …

Ex-CEO of Zenefits Launches Competitor to Former Firm

The former chief executive of human resources software firm Zenefits, Parker Conrad, on Tuesday made public a new startup that will compete with his old company, marking a comeback by the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who left Zenefits under a cloud. …

China’s Anbang Insurance Group Denies Report of Kushner Property Investment

China’s Anbang Insurance Group said it is not investing in a flagship Manhattan office tower owned by the family of Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser. Anbang Insurance Group was named in a Bloomberg report on …

Oil And Gas Spills Down in Colorado During Drilling Slowdown

Spills related to oil and gas development in Colorado are down for the second straight year amid a slowdown in drilling. The Daily Sentinel reported Tuesday that an analysis of state data by the conservation group Center for Western Priorities …

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