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One Dead After Underground Tank Explodes at New York Gas Station
Sep 25 2019 // Authorities are investigating an explosion in an underground tank at an upstate New York gas station that killed a worker. State police say the explosion happened Friday afternoon at a Speedway station in the town of...
Four Missing Crew Members Rescued from Overturned Cargo Ship at Georgia Port
Sep 11 2019 // Coast Guard rescuers pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship Monday, drilling into the hull’s steel plates to extract the crew members more than a day after their vessel overturned while leaving a...
Five Cases of Lung Disease in Connecticut Possibly Linked to Vaping
Sep 10 2019 // Connecticut public health officials say they are now investigating five cases of lung disease in state residents possibly related to the use of e-cigarettes or vaping products. The state Department of Public Health on...
One General Agency Acquires Renewal Rights to Oklahoma City MGA’s Business
Aug 26 2019 // One General Agency (OGA) has acquired the renewal rights to the book of business previously owned by Oklahoma City-based Acton Inc. (Acton). Acton President Eric Acton will be joining the OGA staff. One General Agency...
One of 86 Victims Of California’s Deadliest Wildfire Identified
Aug 19 2019 // One of 86 people who were killed in the deadliest wildfire in California history has been identified. The Butte County Sheriff’s office said on Friday it positively identified the remains of 68-year-old Judith Sipher...
Two Florida Independent Agencies Join Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services
Aug 16 2019 // Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a membership alliance for independent insurance agencies, has announced that two Miami, Fla.-based independent insurance agencies have recently joined the Alliance. Gil &...
Two Workers Die After Being Trapped in Ohio Grain Silo
Jul 23 2019 // A shipping business in Ohio says two workers died after they were trapped in a silo filled with grain. The workers became trapped Friday morning inside the silo operated by The Andersons in Toledo. A Toledo fire department...
3M Investigating Potential Contamination at North Alabama Plant
Jul 10 2019 // 3M says it is expanding an investigation of possible chemical contamination around its north Alabama plant in Decatur. WAAY-TV reports the company issued a statement Monday saying it’s looking at old landfill sites...
Four California Men Involved Alleged Organized Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
Jun 25 2019 // Detectives from the California Department of Insurance have arrested Ameer Almassou, Bariq Aleyada, and Ziad Jaber Jaber for allegedly stealing more than $22,000 from auto insurers by filing fraudulent insurance claims....
Two Killed When Small Plane Crashes on Long Island
Jun 11 2019 // A small plane crashed on New York’s Long Island on Saturday, killing the man and woman on board, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Authority said in a statement that the single-engine Beechcraft A36 plane...
Nine Hospitalized When Subway Car Derails in Boston
Jun 10 2019 // A subway car has derailed in Boston, sending nine people to the hospital. Local emergency officials said none of the injuries are life-threatening. Officials with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said the...
Five Delaware Residents Sue Firms Over Water Contamination
Jun 7 2019 // Five Delaware residents whose water supply was contaminated by chemicals linked to health issues ranging from cancer to infertility are suing companies that manufactured the chemicals. The News Journal of Wilmington...
Two New London Market Model Cyber Exclusion Clauses Published by IUA
Jun 6 2019 // Two new London Market model clauses to help underwriters manage cyber losses have been published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA). The wordings have been developed in order to address issues of...
Three Convicted in New York City Fake Accident Fraud Scheme
May 30 2019 // Three men have been convicted in a trip-and-fall scheme that recruited low-income people and the homeless to defraud New York City-area businesses and their insurance companies. Prosecutors say a federal jury in Manhattan...
Eight Days After Cyberattack, Baltimore’s Network Still Hobbled
May 17 2019 // More than a week after a cyberattack hobbled Baltimore’s computer network, city officials said Wednesday they can’t predict when its overall system will be up and running and continued to give only the broadest...
Two Texas Companies Charged in Separate Workers’ Comp Fraud Cases
Apr 11 2019 // Two Texas companies have been indicted by Travis County grand juries in separate cases involving alleged workers’ compensation premium fraud. The Texas Department of Insurance reported that Amer Haurani of Ambassador...
One Dead, 2 Critically Injured in Another Houston-Area Chemical Fire
Apr 3 2019 // An explosion and fire at a chemical plant northeast of Houston left one person dead and two battling for their lives, just two weeks after a blaze at an oil storage facility caused thousands of gallons of petrochemicals to...
One of Florida’s Worst Red Tides Finally Clears
Mar 6 2019 // Experts say the red tide that plagued Florida’s coastline for 15 months is one of the five worst toxic algae events in the state’s recorded history. State lawmakers from southwest Florida met with scientists on...
One Dead, Two Injured After Beams Fall at MIT Construction Site in Massachusetts
Mar 4 2019 // The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office says one of three workers injured at an MIT building construction site has died. The Cambridge Fire Department tweeted Thursday that temporary support beams fell on the...
Three People Killed in Train-Vehicle Collision on Long Island
Feb 28 2019 // Two commuter trains traveling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury in Long Island, N.Y., killing all three occupants in the vehicle before one of the trains derailed and tore into a...
