Yearly Archives: <span>2023</span>

Collision With Avalanche Field Derailed Train in Alaska

No one was injured when an Alaska Railroad train derailed Tuesday near Girdwood after running into an avalanche field. Three crew members were aboard the freight train when it hit the snow field just before 2 a.m., railroad spokesperson Christy …

Relation Acquires Texas’ Laird

Relation Insurance Services, Inc. has acquired the assets of Kilgore, Texas-based Laird Insurance Agency. The transaction went into effect on January 3, 2023; terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Laird offers a full range of insurance products including property …

Supreme Court Rejects Gun Retailers’ Objection to New York Regulations

The US Supreme Court refused to block new safety and record-keeping requirements that apply to New York gun retailers, letting the provisions stay in effect while a legal fight goes forward. The justices, without explanation or noted dissent, on Wednesday …

Major Aviation Insurer AXA Pulls Back on War Coverage After Ukraine Losses: Reuters

The commercial arm of French insurer AXA is reducing cover offered to aviation companies as it seeks to protect the multibillion-euro business after heavy Ukraine-related losses, two underwriting and broking sources told Reuters. One of the top 10 players in …

Disaster Assistance Funds Available for Georgia Housing and Repairs After Tornadoes

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that disaster assistance has been made available to Georgia in areas struck by a tornado outbreak across the South on Thursday. In an announcement Tuesday, FEMA said that President Joe Biden’s action makes federal …

Gunfire Damages Another Electrical Station but No Power Outages

A North Carolina utility said an electricity substation was damaged by gunfire early Tuesday but that it caused no power outages. The damage comes after a gunfire attack on multiple substations in Moore County knocked out power to more than …

Are More Tiny Homes the Answer to Orlando Area’s Housing Crisis?

Orange County planners outlined a variety of strategies Tuesday for county commissioners to consider as the board searches for answers to boost lagging home construction, considered to be at the root of the region’s deepening housing crisis. One solution may …

U.S. Appeals Court to Weigh NCAA Case Over Pay for Athletes

The NCAA will ask a federal appeals court next month to block a lawsuit that seeks to have athletes treated as employees who are paid for their time, the latest high-profile challenge to amateurism in college sports. The Division I …

Texas Plane Crash Kills 4 Members of Tennessee Church

YOAKUM, Texas (AP) – A small plane crashed Tuesday while approaching a Texas airport, killing four members of a Tennessee church and leaving the lead pastor injured, authorities and the church said. The single-engine Piper PA-46 crashed in an open …

People Moves: Great American Announces Leadership Promotions; CRC Group Adds Smallcombe

Great American Insurance Group Announces Leadership Promotions Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Brian D. DeSoto, Carrie A. Little and Richard (Rich) L. Suter to the role of divisional group president. DeSoto started his career with …