Monthly Archives: <span>August 2021</span>

Refreshed Breckenridge Insurance Brand Combines Strengths of Brokerage, Binding and Programs Under One Identity and New Website

IRVING, Texas, August 9, 2021 — Breckenridge Insurance Services and Blue River Underwriters have combined these two existing brands into one to employ the combined problem-solving expertise and offerings of all their wholesale brokerage, binding and programs teams. The new …

Investors Wary in Short-Term of China’s Unpredictable Regulation

The unpredictability of China’s regulatory measures make the country unappealing to foreign investors in the short-term, following its latest crackdowns on the technology, property and education sectors, global fund managers said. However, if these measures were turned into meaningful reforms …

Biden Administration Examining How Far Employers Can Go in Mandating Vaccines

The Biden administration is examining what authority businesses have to mandate vaccines, a top U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, as it considers what more steps can be done to halt the spread of COVID-19. “We are looking at that …

Federal Judge Grants Norwegian Cruise Line Preliminary Injunction to Require COVID Vaccine

A federal judge granted Norwegian Cruise Line a preliminary injunction blocking a Florida law that prevents businesses from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a 60-page ruling Sunday that allows the cruise line to demand …

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Insuring Cannabis MSOs

It seems every week there are more and more cannabis mergers and acquisitions. And as these companies get and bigger bigger, so does their reach. When it’s all said and done, 2021 may have been the year of cannabis M&AS, …

Staffing Crisis Hits Texas Hospitals as Burnout Depletes Workforce, Virus Surges

Texas nurse Jenna Price gets half a dozen solicitations a day from hospitals and staffing agencies that want to pay her four times her current salary to leave her job at a suburban Central Texas emergency room and take a …

Crop-Dusting Plane Crashes in Yard of Northeastern Ohio Home

A crop-dusting plane struck some power lines and trees before it crashed in the front yard of a northeastern Ohio home, leaving the pilot with minor injuries. The crash in Wooster occurred around 10:30 a.m., as the plane dusted a …

FEMA OKs $29M for Detroit Residents Impacted by Flooding

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has so far approved about $29 million in grants for Detroit residents whose homes and property suffered damage from heavy flooding during a late June storm. FEMA teams were in Detroit neighborhoods on Aug. 4 …

Minnesota Governor Supports Relief for Drought-Stricken Farms

Gov. Tim Walz and a top state lawmakers say they will support an emergency financial relief package for farmers in Minnesota, where most of the state is in a severe or extreme drought. Walz says he would support an aid …

Crop-Dusting Plane Crashes in Yard of Northeastern Ohio Home

A crop-dusting plane struck some power lines and trees before it crashed in the front yard of a northeastern Ohio home, leaving the pilot with minor injuries. The crash in Wooster occurred around 10:30 a.m., as the plane dusted a …