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Iowa Nursing Home Fined $11.5K Following Death Investigation

An Iowa nursing home has been fined $11,513 after an investigation into the death of a resident in August. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports federal regulators imposed the fine after a state investigation determined that the Riceville Family Care …

Keystone Insurers Group Expands into Michigan

Keystone Insurers Group has expanded to 11 states with the addition of its first partner in Michigan, Saginaw Bay Underwriters. Saginaw Bay Underwriters has offices in Saginaw, Bay City and Midland. Saginaw Bay Underwriters was established in 1863. Current President …

Hub International Acquires Oklahoma’s Medley/Turrentine & Assoc.

Chicago-based insurance broker Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Medley/Turrentine & Associates LLC, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Medley/Turrentine & Associates, and principals Daniel Medley and Brent Turrentine, specialize in …

Supreme Court Orders Refiguring of Samsung’s Damages in Patent Fight with Apple

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Samsung in its big-money smartphone patent fight with Apple, throwing out an appeals court ruling that said the South Korean company had to pay a $399 million penalty to its American rival …

Verisk Teams with Driveway Software on Smartphone Telematics for Autos

Property/casualty insurance data supplier Verisk Insurance Solutions has formed a strategic alliance with Silicon Valley’s Driveway Software to jointly develop a smartphone telematics product for automakers, insurers and drivers. The product will combine the Driveway smartphone telematics platform for data …

Swiss Re Veteran Hudzik to Head North America Casualty Operation

Swiss Re has named Mike Hudzik as head of its North America Casualty unit, effective Jan. 1, 2017. He will also join the Americas and Casualty management teams and will report directly to Steve Arora, head of Casualty underwriting for …

Suit over Woman Shot by University of Arizona Officer Revived

A federal appeals court has resurrected an excessive-force lawsuit by a woman who was shot by a University of Arizona police officer six year ago as she held a knife in her hand outside her home. Amy Hughes had lost …

Cleanup Costs of Oregon Train Derailment Along River Pilling Up

Six months after a train hauling Bakken crude oil derailed along the Columbia River Gorge, Washington, Oregon and other officials are still tabulating a bill to send to Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific said in a statement that it is …

Rising Risks Could Cost Global Cities $1.17 Trillion of GDP in 2017: Cambridge Study

The costs of major shocks to the global economy from natural and manmade threats could put at risk $1.17 trillion of the total projected GDP of the world’s major cities in 2017, according to the findings of a report compiled …

County Coroner in Pennsylvania Sounds Alarm After Cluster of Heroin ODs

York County’s coroner is sounding the alarm after reporting three suspected heroin overdoses in a span of five hours. Coroner Pamela Gay took to Twitter to report the suspect overdoses, writing, “If you or a loved one is an IV …

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