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People Moves: HOMELINK appoints Unsen as SVP of Systems; MJ Insurance Names Crick SVP of People + Culture

HOMELINK appoints Unsen as SVP of Systems HOMELINK, headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa, appointed John Unsen as senior vice president of systems. Most recently, Unsen served as vice president of systems for VGM Insurance and previously as director of operations at …

Hackers Steal Information From Texas-Based Pilot Recruiting Company

DALLAS (AP) – Personal information for more than 8,000 applicants to become pilots at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines was stolen when hackers broke into a data base maintained by a recruiting company. The breach at Austin, Texas-based Pilot Credentials …

Canadian Wildfires Are Causing Unhealthy Air Quality Again in Chicago, Other Parts of the US

CHICAGO (AP) – Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States. Michigan’s Department of Environment, …

Plane Crash in Arkansas Lake Kills Pilot and Injures Passenger

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – A small airplane crashed and sank into Arkansas’ Lake Hamilton, not far from Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport, killing the pilot and injuring his daughter, authorities said. The single-engine Cessna 177 Cardinal, flown by 49-year-old …

Supreme Court Rejects Use of Race in University Admissions

The US Supreme Court effectively barred universities from using race as a factor in university admissions, marking the start of a new era in higher education and rolling back decades of precedents. Voting 6-3 along ideological lines, the justices said …

Supreme Court Buoys Religious Employees Who Seek Accommodations at Work

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday bolstered the ability of employees to obtain accommodations at work for their religious practices, reviving a lawsuit by an evangelical Christian former mail carrier accusing the Postal Service of discrimination after being disciplined for …

California Workers’ Comp Insurer Combined Losses and Expenses in 2022 Were $15B

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its report on workers’ compensation losses and expenses for 2022. Key findings in the report include: Medical losses paid in 2022 were $4.4 billion, or 53 percent of total loss payments. …

Part of Florida Quarantined Due to Stucco-Eating Giant African Land Snail

If it’s not malaria-carrying mosquitoes, it’s stucco-eating giant snails. Neighborhoods in Broward County are still under quarantine in an effort to limit the spread of the giant African land snails, which were found in the area recently. It is unlawful …

The New M&A Rules That Would Delay Million-Dollar Deals

The US antitrust agencies are requiring firms to turn over much more information about their transactions than before in an overhaul to merger rules that could delay deals by months. The revamp of the so-called Hart-Scott-Rodino filing process, a move …

People Moves: Marsh Names Butler as UK Cyber Leader; Chubb Appoints O’Donnell COO, Global Reins.; Everest Insurance Taps Marsh McLennan’s Leney to Lead APAC

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh, Chubb and Everest Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Names Butler as UK Cyber Leader Marsh, the insurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced the appointment …

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