Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida last week when a fire truck with its lights flashing drove around rail crossing arms and into the path of a high-speed passenger train after waiting for another train to …
Investigation After Train Hits Fire Truck in South Florida, Injuring 15 Read More »
(THE CONVERSATION) On Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned. The fire left entire blocks in ash, but among …
Investment bank Morgan Stanley said on Thursday it had decided to leave the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, becoming the latest U.S. lender to quit the sector’s top global climate coalition. While the bank gave no reason for its decision, top banks …
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A federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss a long-running lawsuit accusing the former Nestle Waters North America of defrauding consumers by labeling its Poland Spring bottled water as “spring water.” While rejecting some claims in the proposed class action, …
Judge Allows Lawsuit Claiming Poland Spring Water Is Not From a Spring Read More »
Leaders from a US dockworkers’ union and the group that represents their employers are set to resume contract talks on Jan. 7 as the threat of a strike looms, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. Facing a mid-January …
US Dockworkers, Port Employers Set to Restart Talks Next Week Read More »
Alliant Insurance Services has named Johnny Osborne senior vice president for its Americas division. Based in Huntsville, Alabama, Osborne will open the Alabama market for Alliant, further expanding the company’s reach in the Southeast. Osborne has some 10 years’ experience …
Alliant Moves into Alabama with Osborne as SVP Read More »
Nexus Underwriting, a Brown & Brown group business, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Arma Fusion Ltd., the parent company of Arma Underwriting Ltd. Arma is a leading specialty reinsurance MGA based in the Dubai International Financial …
Brown & Brown’s Nexus Agrees to Acquire Reinsurance MGA Arma in Dubai Read More »
LULING, La. (AP) — The crew of a tugboat was quickly rescued when their vessel sank into the Mississippi River following a collision with a tanker ship in Louisiana. The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that it is investigating the …
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The owner of an oil tanker seized by Finland on suspicion of breaking an undersea power line and four telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea last week is seeking the release of the ship, a lawyer representing the company said …
Owner Seeks Release of Oil Tanker Seized in Finland Cable Probe Read More »
Hiscox hired Frank Lamantia as chief technology officer, effective January 21. He will report to Mary Boyd, CEO of Hiscox USA, as well as Chris Loake, chief information officer of Hiscox Group, and will serve on both the Hiscox US …
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