August 21, 2024
Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, named Alliant Specialty Senior Vice President Orlando Aguirre as the leader of its newly launched Alliant Commercial Surety. Based in Houston, Aguirre joined Alliant as senior vice president in 2021 and has experience …
August 21, 2024
MARSEILLES, Ill. (AP) — Two Indiana men have died and a 7-year-old girl has been found safe after the boat they were fishing from was found capsized on an eastern Illinois lake. Police responded Sunday to a 911 call at …
August 21, 2024
The Laurels of Athens, a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Athens, Ohio, owned and operated by Laurel Heath Care Company, Athens LTC, Inc., Ciena Healthcare Management, Inc., and Ciena Group, LLC, will pay $150,000 and provide other relief to settle …
August 21, 2024
The parents of a former student accused of killing 10 people at a high school near Houston in 2018 do not bear financial responsibility for the shooting, a jury decided Monday. A lawsuit brought by victims and their families sought …
August 21, 2024
Texans set an unofficial record in electricity use Tuesday as soaring temperatures spurred homeowners, schools and businesses to crank up air conditioners. Power demand on the state grid rose to 85,559 megawatts at 6 p.m. local time, topping the August …
August 21, 2024
Florida Peninsula Managers, the managing general agency for Florida Peninsula Insurance and Edison Insurance, has officially changed its name to Windward Risk Managers, the name of the company that has managed it for years. The change comes a month after …
August 21, 2024
One year after it was approved for the Florida market, Mainsail Insurance Co. has been sold to Emerald Bay Risk Solutions, an underwriter and fronting carrier that was launched earlier this year. The move will help expand business in the …
August 21, 2024
Kroger Co. is seeking to block the Federal Trade Commission’s in-house case against its proposed purchase of rival grocer Albertsons Cos., claiming the proceeding is unconstitutional. The FTC, eight states and Washington, DC, challenged the Kroger-Albertsons tie-up in February, suing …
August 21, 2024
The Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million for a crippling El Niño-linked drought that led the southern African nation to declare a state of disaster earlier this year. The payout was given to Malawi this month, …
August 21, 2024
Wall Street’s top regulator on Tuesday voted 3-2 to bless new rules making it easier for an audit watchdog to hold people responsible for audit firms’ violations. Divided along party lines, the five-member U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a …