Feds Sue North Carolina County Over Firing of 911 Operator Who Reported Sexual Harassment July 30, 2021 A North Carolina county’s emergency communications unit engaged in unlawful retaliation when it terminated a worker after she told supervisors...
Global Warming Could Kill 83 Million People by Turn of Next Century: Study July 30, 2021 By Jonathan Tirone A population equivalent to that of Germany — 83 million people — could be killed by 2100 because of rising...
Mississippi ICU Capacity ‘Extinguished’ by Latest COVID Spike July 30, 2021 By Emily Wagster Pettus Mississippi’s top public health official said that intensive care units are filling up in some hospitals and COVID-19 outbreaks are...
Ireland to Introduce Laws to Make Insurers, Bankers Accountable for Corporate Failings July 30, 2021 DUBLIN – Ireland will introduce long-anticipated laws to make senior bankers and executives in other financial sectors directly accountable for...
Anti-Fraud Tech Company FRISS Raises $65 Million to Fund Expansion July 30, 2021 FRISS, a provider of AI-focused fraud prevention and detection products for P/C insurers, raised $65 million to help it carve...
Global Empowerment Mission Provides Housing Assistance for Surfside Victims July 30, 2021 By Terry Spencer Sharon Schechter escaped the South Florida condominium tower collapse with just the nightclothes she was wearing, so she cried shortly...
People Moves: IIAT Promotes Loftis, Adds Ellmer; New Officers, Board Members for Austin Agents Association July 30, 2021 IIAT The Independent Insurance Agents Association of Texas (IIAT) promoted H. Lee Loftis Jr. to chief legislative officer and added...
People Moves: United Valley Adds Cyr; MJ Hall Names Brooks Lead Broker in California July 30, 2021 United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Paul Cyr Southwest region director. Cyr, formerly United Valley’s Member Advisory Council chair,...
Warming Rivers in Western U.S. Killing Imperiling Fish Industry July 30, 2021 By Daisy Nguyen Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California river, and an entire run of endangered salmon could be...
FEMA OKs Funds to Help Fight Montana Wildfire July 29, 2021 Federal funds are now available to help with firefighting costs for the Poverty Flats Fire burning in Big Horn County...