Monthly Archives: <span>August 2020</span>

CoreLogic Estimates Hurricane Laura Insured Losses at $8B to $12B

Property information, analytics and data provider, CoreLogic, has estimated residential and commercial insured losses from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and Texas will come in at between $8 billion and $12 billion. That estimate includes losses from storm surge and wind, …

California Issues Cease and Desist for Illegal Extended Warranties

The California Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order on Elite Integrity LLC, doing business as Auto Protection Plus, in Garden Grove, and its controlling manager, Kamisha Daniel, of Irvine, for allegedly selling illegal vehicle service contracts to …

China’s Ping An Reports Steady Results for First Half

Ping An Insurance Company of China announced its 2020 interim results for the six month period ended June 30, 2020. The integrated financial services company said it maintained steady business performance in the period by continuing the transformation of the …

Iowa Coronavirus Cases Reach New Daily High of 1,475

Iowa set a new record for confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday with nearly 1,500 cases, far more than the previous high set in April. In the last 24 hours as of Thursday morning, Iowa recorded 1,475 confirmed cases, surpassing the April …

Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Minnesota Courthouse During Unrest

A man accused of causing fire damage to a courthouse in Minnesota’s Dakota County in the days after George Floyd’s death in police custody has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting arson. Fornandous Henderson, 32, of Savage, entered the plea …

Update: Hurricane Laura Kills 6 in Louisiana, but Damage Is Less than Expected

Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana on Thursday, killing six people and flattening buildings across a wide swatch of the state before moving into Arkansas with heavy rains. Laura’s powerful gusts uprooted trees – and four people were crushed to death …

Fire Burns at Hurricane-Hit Louisiana Chemical Plant

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Thursday asked residents in three southwestern communities to stay indoors with windows and doors shut as a plume rose from a chemical fire at a Biolab plant in an area hit by Hurricane Laura. …

Germany’s Merkel Urges Stronger Global Effort on Climate Change

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that global efforts to combat climate change were insufficient, and that she would accelerate the fight to combat it in coming years. At a news conference, she said the European Union needed to …

Honolulu Flooding Control Plan Updated

The Army Corps of Engineers released a revised flood protection plan for Honolulu neighborhoods that includes fewer impacts on natural streams and residential properties within the watershed. The updated Ala Wai Flood Control Pro¡ject remains contentious because of a canal …

Worker Offered $1M to Sew Malware in Nevada

A Russian citizen has been arrested and charged with offering an employee of a Nevada company $1 million to sew malware for an attack to harvest company data for ransom, U.S. authorities said. Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27, was arrested Saturday …