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Insurance Journal | January 27, 2023

Illinois’ Miller Mid-America Joins VIAA

Springfield, Illinois-based Miller Mid-America Insurance Agency recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded in 2022, the veteran-owned and operated Miller Mid-America Insurance Agency was created …

Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023

Regulators Approve Texas Electricity Market Reform

The Public Utility Commission voted Thursday to make a substantial change to the state’s electricity market in a controversial effort to get the whole system to be more reliable. The agency said it will let the Legislature review its plan …

Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023

People Moves: Kinion to Lead Oklahoma Captive Division

Kinion to Lead Oklahoma Captive Division Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready announced the appointment of Steve Kinion as the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s new Captive Director. Kinion previously served 13 years as the captive director for the Delaware Insurance Department. Kinion …

Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023

Police Investigate Central Illinois Planned Parenthood Fire As Arson

CHICAGO (AP) – A fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic is being investigated as arson, Peoria police said Tuesday, just days after the state enacted sweeping abortion protections. Officers responded to a report of an “unknown person throwing …

Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023

Minnesota Art Professor Sues After Firing Over Prophet Muhammad Images

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her after a Muslim student objected to depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course, while the …

Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023

CEOs Face Challenge Over Sluggish Climate Efforts

A return to Davos by corporate titans and their bankers after recent record Alpine temperatures has turned a spotlight on just how quickly they are moving to rein in carbon emissions. The number of organizations pledging to get to net-zero …

Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023

People Stranded at Arizona Park Due to Heavy Flooding Headed out

Some 300 campers stranded at a park near Tucson due to flooding from recent rain storms were headed back to dry land. Rangers at Catalina State Park were helping campers walk across the receding wash at the park’s entrance. The …

Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023

AI Tools Can Create New Images, but Who Is the Real Artist?

ountless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitized artworks to produce new images …

Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023

People Moves: The Hartford Names Dominioni as Northeast Sales Chief; Plymouth Rock Home Appoints Switchenko; Sayata Adds Gidro to R&D

The Hartford Names Dominioni Head of Northeast Sales and Underwriting for Middle and Large Commercial The Hartford has appointed Hank Dominioni head of sales and underwriting for its middle and large commercial businesses’ northeast division. Dominioni will lead sales and …

Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023

Massachusetts Firm Charged with Illegal Dumping of Contaminated Fill in Providence

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill in Providence during a highway construction project, the Rhode Island attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Barletta …