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One in Four UK Properties at Risk of Flood, New JBA Model Reveals
Feb 8 2022 // One in four UK properties are at risk of flood, according to new analysis from JBA Risk Management. The flood specialist’s new UK Flood Model, launched last week, also highlights an estimated annual cost of £527...
Six Charged in North Carolina Package-Delivery Theft Ring
Feb 4 2022 // Six people have been arrested in North Carolina for their roles in a theft ring in which package delivery drivers traded packages for drugs, police said. WGHP -TV reported that Eden police launched an investigation after...
Three Charged in North Carolina in Insurance Fraud Schemes
Feb 1 2022 // A North Carolina man has been charged with fraud after he allegedly won an $8,000 roofing contract by presenting a fake certificate of liability insurance. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said in a statement that...
Three Executives Earn Promotions at Breckenridge Group
Jan 27 2022 // ATLANTA, Ga., January 27, 2022 — Three Breckenridge Group executives recently earned promotions due to their leadership and ongoing contributions to the success of its operating units. Angel Cruz was appointed executive...
Three States, D.C. Sue Google Claiming Location Tracking Violates Users’ Privacy
Jan 25 2022 // Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy. “Google falsely...
One Simple Word
Jan 24 2022 // Help It’s a simple but profound word. It indicates that you recognize that there is something in your path that exceeds your skills, training, ability, or experience. It indicates that you trust someone to provide...
Two Oil Tankers Lose Safety Certification Over Claims They Violated Iran Sanctions
Jan 21 2022 // Two tankers have had their environmental and safety classification withdrawn by a U.S. company that provides such certification, after accusations by a U.S. advocacy group that they had shipped cargoes of Iranian oil,...
Two Wanted in Georgia After Creating Fake Insurance Company
Jan 13 2022 // Two women have been charged with insurance fraud in North Carolina after car crashes, and three men and a woman in Georgia are wanted for other types of fraud, including the creation of a fake insurance company. The...
Two Charged in Carolina in Faked Traffic Accident
Jan 6 2022 // Two people have been accused of trying to tell investigators that one of them was hurt in a traffic accident which was later found to be a false claim, the N.C. Department of Insurance said. The department said in a news...
Two Rhode Island Contractors Face $75K in Penalties for Worksite Cave-In Risks
Dec 21 2021 // A federal inspection at a Warwick, Rhode Island, excavation found two area contractors ignoring cave-in risks and placing their workers in serious danger. On July 8, 2021, a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and...
Two Ex-Maryland Players Reach Settlement to Football Lawsuit
Dec 20 2021 // Two former Maryland football players have each reached $200,000 settlements in lawsuits accusing former coach DJ Durkin of running a program that subjected athletes to an abusive environment. The Maryland Attorney...
Three Years From Loss, Not Denial, Appeals Court Holds in Carolina AOB Case
Dec 17 2021 // In a property insurance claims dispute, the statute of limitations’ clock starts ticking on the date of the loss, not the date the insurance company allegedly breached the contract, a federal court has decided in a...
Two Carolina Women Charged in Separate Insurance Fraud Cases
Dec 6 2021 // Two women have been charged with insurance fraud, one in connection with expired car insurance and one for providing false cancer treatment invoices, the North Carolina Department of Insurance announced. Clarlese Hobdy,...
Ten Maine Communities Working Together to Prevent Flooding
Dec 2 2021 // Ten Maine coastal communities on Casco Bay are banding together in hopes of being able to help prevent future flooding. Over the next two years, the Casco Bay communities will invest a half million dollars on projects that...
Four Employees Sue Claiming Bristol Myers Refused Vaccine Religious Exemptions
Dec 2 2021 // Bristol Myers Squibb Co. was sued on Wednesday by four employees who said the drugmaker refused to grant them religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination requirement, and threatened to fire them on Dec. 6 for...
Three Dead, Six Seriously Injured in Baltimore Rowhouse Fire
Nov 24 2021 // Three people were killed and six people, including five children, were seriously injured after a fire broke out in an East Baltimore rowhouse early Monday, fire officials said. News outlets report that firefighters called...
Two Experts Debunk Some of the Biggest Myths Around Cyber Insurance
Nov 24 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Cyber attacks are continuously evolving, and companies that don’t stay educated about the space could be caught off guard, experts say. “A lot of times, I think cyber has this...
Five ways to help small businesses get ahead of holiday risks
Nov 23 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. The holiday season has arrived, which, among other things, means greater risks for small businesses as they prepare for a boost in sales, beginning...
Eight Dead from COVID, 89 Infected at Connecticut Nursing Home
Nov 17 2021 // Eight residents of a nursing home in Connecticut have died during a coronavirus outbreak while 89 residents and employees have tested positive for the disease, nursing home officials say. The outbreak at the Geer Nursing...
Three Plead Guilty in Health Care Scam Involving Orthotic Braces
Nov 12 2021 // Two New Jersey men and a Florida man pleaded guilty to running a health care fraud scheme involving orthotic braces. Nicholas Defonte, 73, and Christopher Cirri, 63, both of Toms River, New Jersey, and Pat Truglia, 53, of...
