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Insurance Journal | October 18, 2024

Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame Honors 5 Inductees

The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame honored five inductees and awarded seven scholarships to insurance students at its annual banquet in Conway on Oct. 17. The banquet was held on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. The 2024 …

Insurance Journal | October 18, 2024

Farm Labor Contractor to Pay Damages Over Pregnancy Discrimination Charge

Family Fresh Harvesting, LLC, a farm labor contractor which provides temporary H-2A visas to agricultural workers at nurseries in Michigan and farms in Georgia, entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a …

Insurance Journal | October 18, 2024

Family of Black Man Killed by Ohio Police Agree to Settlement

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A family is settling a wrongful death lawsuit against Ohio police who fired 94 bullets at a Black man during a chase two years ago. Jayland Walker’s family and the city of Akron reached an agreement …

Insurance Journal | October 18, 2024

Texas AG Sues Dallas Pediatrician Over Providing Hormone Treatment to Teens

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against a Dallas pediatrician, accusing her of violating state law by providing gender-transitioning treatments to at least 21 teenage patients. Thursday’s filing is Paxton’s first attempt at suing a doctor by …

Insurance Journal | October 10, 2024

5 Dead After Small Plane Crashes on Island off Southern California Coast

Five people were killed when a small plane crashed during takeoff from Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, authorities said. The twin-engine Beechcraft 95 crashed shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, just moments after it departed from Catalina Airport …

Insurance Journal | October 10, 2024

First MainStreet Adds Two Agencies

First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI) announced addition of two new agencies, one in Minnesota and the other in Iowa. Joining in September was Kozlowski Insurance Agency, headquartered in Pipestone, Minnesota and two satellite offices in Luverne, MN and Brookings, SD. …

Insurance Journal | October 10, 2024

Exxon Granted Largest US Offshore Carbon Storage Site in Texas

Exxon Mobil Corp. won the right to pump carbon dioxide beneath Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico, in what will be the largest concession of its kind in the US. The lease granted by the Texas General Land …

Insurance Journal | October 10, 2024

J&J’s Court-Shopping Strategy Pits New Jersey Home Against Texas

Johnson & Johnson’s bold move to skirt a US court in New Jersey and seek a potentially friendlier venue in Texas to settle claims its baby powder gave women cancer faces a key decision as soon as Thursday. A federal …

Insurance Journal | October 10, 2024

Harris County Officials Say Texas Law Limits Settlements Against Polluters

It wasn’t immediately clear what chemicals erupted into the air from the Channelview fire. The most anyone knew was that the large plume of black smoke billowing across the late afternoon sky — visible for miles just east of Houston …

Insurance Journal | October 10, 2024

Balance With ‘Micro-Actions’ in Commercial Market But Milton Could Disrupt

WTW characterized commercial insurance rates as balances and stable but, as Hurricane Milton approached, the broker warned of upcoming disruption. “The current state of affairs might only be one major hurricane away from being upended, and with Milton knocking on …

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