Yearly Archives: <span>2022</span>

Year After Ever Given Ship Blocked Canal, Ever Guard Runs Aground in Chesapeake Bay

The Ever Forward container ship is currently grounded in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, nearly a year after another ship run by the same company blocked the Suez Canal for six days. The container …

Music and Business Industry Specialist Gravitas Insurance Group in California Launches

Gravitas Insurance Group, an insurance brokerage in Los Angeles, California, designed exclusively to serve the music and business management communities, was launched this week by John Tomlinson. Tomlinson previously established the music practices at Lockton Cos. He will serve as …

Groups Sue for Records in Montana Mine Pollution Case

Conservation groups are suing Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration to obtain records related to its decision to drop legal claims against a mining executive over decades of pollution from several mines. The groups, Earthworks and Montana Environmental Information Center, filed the …

High Definition Vehicle Insurance Expands Into 2 More States

High Definition Vehicle Insurance has expanded its service to Arkansas and Missouri. According to the Arkansas Trucking Association, 87% of communities in Arkansas depend exclusively on trucks to transport their goods, and the Missouri Trucking Association reports more than 70% …

Update: Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Hits Near Japan’s Fukushima

A magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck northern Japan near Fukushima prefecture late on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring dozens, as well as disrupting power and some factories. About 2,000 buildings were still without power as of 4:25 p.m. in Japan’s northeastern …

Louisiana Automotive Tuning Company to Pay $3.1 Million Over Clean Air Act Violations

Louisiana-based company Power Performance Enterprises Inc. (PPEI) and its President and owner, Kory B. Willis, pleaded guilty to criminal charges March 15 in federal court in Sacramento, California. Both defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act …

Crowd Clashes With San Antonio Police After Fatal Shooting

San Antonio police clashed with a crowd that gathered after three police officers fatally shot a man they said pulled out a gun while they tried to arrest him. The man was wanted on two felony warrants, including assault of …

People Moves: Erie Insurance Names Srinivasa as Executive Vice President and CIO

Erie Insurance announced that Parthasarathy “Partha” Srinivasa has been named the company’s next executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO), effective April 4.Srinivasa comes to Erie from Verisk Analytics, one of the world’s largest data analytics firms with customers …

People: McGriff Names Samuel COO; Holland Moves to Tower MSA

McGriff, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based insurance broker and a subsidiary of Truist Holdings, announced new appointments and new roles for managers at the company. Kyle Samuel, who previously was president of M&T Insurance Agency in Buffalo, New York, has been …

As Law Firms Push to Drop Russian Clients, Some Say Not So Fast

Plaintiffs are decrying potential delays involved in law firms ditching sanctioned clients mid-litigation Leaving clients in court is ultimately up to a judge, and timing matters Several major law firms have said they will stop working for sanctioned Russian companies …