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Reliance Acquires Assets of Truck Team Insurance in Utah
Reliance Partners acquired the assets of Truck Team Insurance in Salt Lake City, Utah. Truck Team Insurance Owner Brent Tate will also join Reliance Partners’ team as vice president of sales. He has more than 20 years of commercial insurance …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 2:47 PM |
NSM Insurance Adds 3 Medical Stop Loss, Managed Care Specialty Firms
Pennsylvania-based insurance program specialist NSM Insurance Group has completed its acquisition of three businesses that specialize in the field of medical stop loss insurance and managed care insurance. The firms are Sequoia Reinsurance Services in Minnesota, and IOA Re’s two …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 2:26 PM |
‘Climate Time Bomb Ticking’, Warns UN Chief, Urging Faster Cuts to Emissions
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the “climate time bomb is ticking” as he urged rich nations on Monday to slash emissions sooner after a new assessment from scientists said there was little time to lose in tackling climate …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 2:23 PM |
California Care Home Charged in Connection With COVID Deaths
A Southern California residential care home company and three of its managers have been charged in connection with 14 COVID-related deaths at one of its facilities three years ago, prosecutors said. The criminal complaint alleges Silverado Senior Living Management failed …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 2:22 PM |
Hawaii Officers, Sued Charged in Alleged Crash Coverup
Honolulu prosecutors filed charges against four police officers alleging a cover-up in connection with a high-speed car chase that they say resulted in a crash and a traumatic brain injury to the driver of another car. Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 2:20 PM |
Norfolk Southern Shareholders Sue Over Ohio Derailment
Norfolk Southern Corp. shareholders have accused the railroad of defrauding them by prioritizing profit over safety prior to last month’s derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. In a lawsuit filed March 16 in Columbus, Ohio, …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 2:17 PM |
Dangers of Disposable Vapes: Lithium Battery Fires, Plastic Waste and Health
Three fires broke out at the Grundon waste disposal plant near London’s Heathrow Airport in the past six months. In each case, the chief suspects were disposable vaping devices containing lithium batteries. Owen George, who leads recycling for Grundon, said …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 1:52 PM |
Alabama Jury: Delivery Worker to Get $1.9M After Fall at Dollar General Store
An Alabama jury has decided that Dollar General stores must pay almost $2 million to a delivery worker who was injured when a ramp collapsed at a store. Driver Jason Agee in 2019 was pushing a rolling cart full of …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 1:02 PM |
Chile Completes $630M Earthquake Insurance Deal With World Bank
Chile has agreed to an earthquake insurance program with the World Bank protecting it from $630 million worth of damage from strong earthquakes, in an effort to shore up risks to public debt from possible natural disasters. The insurance will …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 12:32 PM |
Kentucky University Agrees to $14M Settlement in Wrestler’s Death
A Kentucky university has agreed to a settlement of more than $14 million over the death of a student wrestler hours after practice, the school announced. The settlement over the death of junior Grant Brace, 20, of Louisville, Tennessee, includes …
POSTED MARCH 20, 2023 12:20 PM |
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