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Kentucky Drug Overdose Deaths Decrease for First Time in 5 Years
After years of rising death tolls from a surge in drug addiction, Kentucky officials on Thursday reported the first statewide drop in drug overdose deaths since 2013. A new report indicated that 1,333 people died from drug overdoses in 2018, …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 4:58 PM |
Worley, Brown Launch Legion Claims Solutions in Louisiana
Legion Claims Solutions LLC (Legion), a firm specializing in the management of catastrophe insurance claims, environmental/industrial claims, and governmental disaster recovery programs, has opened in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Seasoned industry professionals Steve Brown and Mike Worley have joined forces at …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 4:28 PM |
With Commissioner’s OK, Wisconsin Workers’ Comp Rates to Fall by 8.8%
Wisconsin’s chief insurance regulator has approved an overall 8.84% decrease in workers’ compensation premium rates. The new rates approved by Commissioner of Insurance Mark Afable are effective Oct. 1, 2019, and are expected to save Wisconsin businesses more than $170 …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 3:55 PM |
Washington Woman Charged with Running Construction Business While on Disability
A Spokane, Wash.-area woman faces a felony theft charge for allegedly running a construction business while claiming she was too disabled to work. Deborah J. Steeneck, 59, is accused of stealing more than $11,000 in workers’ compensation cash benefits from …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 3:11 PM |
Clearing Large Swaths of Land Part of Plan to Slow Western Wildfires
The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of land along 11,000 miles of terrain in the West. The plan announced this summer would create strips of land known …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 3:06 PM |
Largest U.S. Data Breach Settlements with Government Include 3 Insurers
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday that Equifax Inc. will pay up to $700 million for a data breach that exposed millions of consumers’ personal information. The following are seven of the largest data breach settlements with the …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 2:05 PM |
Allianz Promotes Castriotta to North American Financial Product Development Head
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has promoted Kelly Castriotta to regional head of Product Development for Financial Lines in North America. Castriotta, an attorney, joined the AGCS Financial Lines team in 2018 and has been helping to manage AGCS’s “silent …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 2:00 PM |
Connecticut Consumers Urged to Review Policies Ahead of Storm Season
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais is urging homeowners to review their insurance policies before the upcoming tropical storm season. Peak hurricane season in Connecticut begins in mid-August and runs through late October. Mais says policyholders should discuss with an …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 1:17 PM |
Pennsylvania Resort Employee Injured in Bear Attack During ‘Safari Tour’
Officials say a worker at a western Pennsylvania resort was injured in a bear attack while guiding a routine “Safari Tour” of wildlife kept at the property. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort says the Himalayan bear reached through a wire fence Saturday …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 1:09 PM |
More Funds Sought for Those Exposed to Radiation from Nuclear Weapons Test
A compensation program for those exposed to radiation from years of nuclear weapons testing and uranium mining would be expanded under legislation that seeks to address fallout across the western United States, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. U.S. Rep. …
POSTED JULY 23, 2019 12:59 PM |
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