May 4, 2023
Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled “rotten eggs” before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety officials said Tuesday in a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board’s …
May 4, 2023
In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and “publicly owned” services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts after New York City’s transit agency said earlier this week …
May 4, 2023
Pensionmark named Jonathan Curley as the global head of compliance. Curley will oversee the global compliance strategies across all of the Santa Barbara, California-based firm’s financial services companies. Curley’s industry experience spans more than four decades, most recently serving as …
May 3, 2023
Despite posting a year-over-year net income increase of 45%, Progressive Corp. shared first quarter financial results on Tuesday that showed the company falling short of its combined ratio goal for 2023. The firm’s CR for the quarter was 99 – …
May 3, 2023
A Holbrook, Massachusetts man has been found guilty and sentenced to two and a half years in the Norfolk House of Correction for damaging luxury cars bought under false pretenses in order to collect insurance proceeds. Attorney General Andrea Joy …
May 3, 2023
Keystone, the fourth largest participant-owned insurance agency network in the nation, added Perkins Insurance Agencies, LLC, based in Abilene, Texas, to its growing network of agencies in the state. A second-generation agency with deep roots in Abilene and surrounding areas, …
May 3, 2023
BUFFALO, Iowa (AP) – Dale O’Donnell bought his small brick home only 100 yards or so from the Mississippi River because he enjoys watching the river and wanted a good view from his front porch. He got his money’s worth …
May 3, 2023
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced indictments charging eight individuals and six companies with fraud and corruption within the construction industry, including conspiring to fraudulently use minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) as pass-through entities to obtain contracts …
May 3, 2023
State emergency managers are projecting clean-up and repair costs of at least $10.6 million following severe winter storms that affected rural parts of Nevada in March. Nevada Division on Emergency Management spokeswoman Gail Powell said the amount is expected to …
May 3, 2023
This edition of People Moves details appointments at the broker Lockton and the managing general agent CFC Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Promotes 5 Key Leaders Into Global Roles Lockton, the independent, privately held insurance …