Megadroughts Brought by Climate Change a Challenge for Texas Ranchers July 31, 2020 By Meena Venkataramanan, The Texas Tribune Arthur Uhl III has been ranching for 30 years and routinely has the same lament: “It doesn’t rain enough.” Uhl,...
Schools, not Local Health Officials, Decide on Class Start, Texas AG Says July 31, 2020 By Jim Vertuno Local health officials in Texas do not have the authority to close schools to prevent spread of the coronavirus, state...
UPS Freight to Pay $75K to Resolve Kansas Disability Discrimination Lawsuit July 31, 2020 UPS Freight will pay $75,000 to resolve a three-year old federal lawsuit over disability discrimination at its service center in...
Former Michigan Insurance Agent Pleads No Contest to Embezzlement Charges July 31, 2020 A plea deal has been reached with a former Genesee County, Michigan, insurance agent who allegedly embezzled from her clients...
Chubb CEO Says U.S. Failure to Manage Covid-19 Hurts Economy, Global Image July 31, 2020 By Mark Hollmer Global insurer Chubb’s employees have begun to return to their offices in many countries around the world as governments have...
As Benefits Expire, Senate Adjourns Without Congressional Deal on Coronavirus Aid July 31, 2020 By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire, the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday...
First Fidelity Brokerage of N.Y., Moulton Insurance of Mass., Acquired by PCF July 31, 2020 PCF Insurance Services (PCF), headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., has acquired two brokerages based in the Eastern U.S. The brokerages...
Climate Risk Analytics Firm Gets Capital Injections from Liberty and MS&AD July 30, 2020 By Don Jergler Jupiter, a Silicon Valley startup provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk, announced it has raised additional capital...
RMS Estimate: Insured Losses from Hurricane Hanna Won’t Exceed $400M July 30, 2020 Catastrophe risk products and services company, Risk Management Solutions Inc. (RMS), has estimated that insurance losses in the U.S. from...
Georgia Gov, Atlanta to Continue Mediation on Mask Order July 30, 2020 By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a request for an emergency order to block the state’s largest city from ordering people to...