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After Crash That Killed 6 Teens, NTSB Says People Underestimate Marijuana’s Impact on Drivers

A horrific crash that killed six high school girls in Oklahoma two years ago has the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urging parents to warn teenagers about the risk of driving after using marijuana. Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy &...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

After Crash Killed 6 Teens, NTSB Says Marijuana’s Impact on Drivers Underestimated

A horrific crash that killed six high school girls in Oklahoma two years ago has the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urging parents to warn teenagers about the risk of driving after using marijuana. Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy &...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

4 Dallas Firefighters Injured as Engine Crashes Off Bridge, Lands on Railway

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas Fire-Rescue engine crashed off an expressway bridge on Sunday and landed on a railway track below, injuring four firefighters, officials said. The crash happened just after 6 a.m. on the I-345 Expressway, Dallas Fire-Rescue Cap...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

‘Surface Waters’ on Roof Are Not ‘Flood’ Waters, Massachusetts High Court Rules

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within the meaning of “flood” in property insurance policies. The court found that the term &#...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Tropolis Acquires Three Insurance Agencies in Southeastern Michigan

Unity Partners, a principles-based private equity firm, and Tropolis, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based insurance brokerage that provides property & casualty and employee benefits solutions, announced that Tropolis has completed the acquisitions of three...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Louisiana Marine Electronic Services Provider Sued for Sexual Harassment

X-Treme Tech Services, LLC, a Thibodaux, Louisiana-based business which provides marine electronic services, violated federal law when a supervisor repeatedly sexually harassed a female employee and then fired her after she resisted his advances, the...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Heat-Related Texas Deaths Climb After Hurricane Beryl Power Outages

SPRING, Texas (AP) — As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool. But on their fourth day &#823...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Personal Auto Driving P/C Insurers to 2024 Underwriting Profit

S&P Global Market Intelligence is forecasting a combined ratio of 99.2 for the U.S. P/C insurance industry overall in 2024, signifying a return to underwriting profitability for the first time since 2021. According to the analysis, private passen...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Hub Acquires Wade Associates in North Carolina

Hub International Ltd., a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired Wade Associates, an independent agency with offices in North Carolina. Wade has specialized in property/casualty insurance for construction, manufacturing,...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Oil Tanker Insurance Payouts at Risk After UK’s Russia Sanctions

Transfers of oil at sea that involve a recently sanctioned Russian insurer may prevent western firms from paying claims if something goes wrong, a key provider of cover said. Moscow-based Ingosstrakh PJSC has emerged of a major insurer to Russian &#8...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Whole Foods Settles Ex-Worker’s Lawsuit Over Black Lives Matter Masks

Whole Foods has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit accusing it of illegally firing a worker who refused to remove her Black Lives Matter facemask and complained about racism at the Amazon.com-owned upscale grocery chain. A lawyer for Whole &#82...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Southern California Blaze Destroys Six Homes, Other Still Fires Burning in State

A Southern California fire destroyed six homes and damaged seven others in a blaze that was reportedly ignited by fireworks. The Hawarden Fire started over the weekend and at one point threatened nearly 1,500 homes. Evacuation orders were issued for...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Southern California Blaze Destroys Six Homes, Other Fires Still Burning in State

A Southern California fire destroyed six homes and damaged seven others in a blaze that was reportedly ignited by fireworks. The Hawarden Fire started over the weekend and at one point threatened nearly 1,500 homes. Evacuation orders were issued for...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

People Moves: CRC Makes 3 Exec Leadership Moves; Mosaic Hires Smith as Americas CEO; HUB Names Davis...

CRC Group, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, named Brent Tredway as sole president of the brokerage division and Chris Carlson as chief operating officer of CRC’s Commercial Solutions Division. Since 2020, Tredway has led the brokerage divi...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

MGU Carbon Underwriting Gets Initial Lloyd’s Approval to Launch New Syndicate

Carbon Underwriting Ltd., the London-based managing general underwriter and Lloyd’s syndicate CBN 4747, announce that Lloyd’s has granted in principle approval for the launch of Syndicate 5757, effective Jan. 1, 2025. This marks a signifi...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

State Street Agrees to $4.2 Million Pay Equity Fund

The Department of Labor announced the signing of a conciliation agreement with State Street Corp. in which the financial services firm will allocate $4.2 million for future pay adjustments to resolve alleged compensation discrimination. The departmen...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Wiz Rejects Google’s $23 Billion Offer, Seeks IPO Instead

Cybersecurity startup Wiz Inc. has turned down a takeover bid of as much as $23 billion from Alphabet Inc.’s Google, sticking instead with a plan for an initial public offering. The rejection will come as a blow to Google, which …

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

UK Water Companies Lambasted by Environment Agency for Sewage Releases

Britain’s Environment Agency on Tuesday lambasted the country’s water companies for spewing sewage into rivers and seas, saying the majority of them were failing to get the basics right, as it outlined plans for a tougher regulatory appro...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

World Records Hottest Day While Wildfires Threaten Mediterranean

The world recorded its hottest ever day, as many parts of the Mediterranean face extreme wildfire risks. Sunday witnessed the highest average temperature on Earth, breaching a previous record set a year ago, according to provisional data from the Eur...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

NIP Group and AmTrust Present PropanePro™: The Next Level in Business Insurance for Propane Gas Dist...

WOODBRIDGE, N.J., July 23, 2024 – NIP Group, a leading specialty insurance provider with over 35 years of experience, in collaboration with AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (AmTrust), a top US insurer, are proud to introduce PropanePro™, a new insura...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

British Insurers Propose Green Infrastructure Funding Model

Britain’s insurers set out plans on Monday on how to channel billions of pounds freed up from their safety buffers into infrastructure such as EV charging stations to boost growth. The new Labour government in Britain has said that chunks &#823...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Beef Between Wholesale and Retail Agents Should Go to Trial, Court Finds

A federal judge has ruled that a wholesale insurance agent’s claim against a retail agent for allegedly misrepresenting the exposure of an insured regarding violations of the federal telemarketing law should proceed to trial. In a case with ori...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Delta Warns Cancellations to Stretch for Days After Outage

Delta Air Lines Inc. expects to cancel more flights this week as the carrier tries to recover from a crippling technology outage. The airline canceled more than 800 flights as of Monday afternoon, bringing its total since Friday’s meltdown to &...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

FEMA Gives SW Florida a Few More Months on Flood Insurance Discounts

Communities in southwest Florida will continue to enjoy discounts on National Flood Insurance, at least for now, after federal authorities granted a temporary reprieve to punitive actions taken over inappropriate rebuilding in floodplains. “The...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

People Moves: MGIS in Utah Names Wrage VP of Sales and Distribution

MGIS, headquartered in Salt Lake City, named Jim Wrage vice president of sales and distribution. Wrage will develop and operationalize the organization’s sales strategy and manage a team of regional sales directors and internal sales specialist...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024