June 17, 2019
About 600 Tulsa County homes and business were inundated during recent historic flooding along the swollen Arkansas River, city officials said. Joe Kralicek, executive director of the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency (TAEMA), said roughly half of the swamped structures …
June 17, 2019
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking into ways to allow farmers who have been unable to plant crops due to rains and waterlogged fields to qualify for farm aid payments, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said. The government agency is …
June 17, 2019
Of the two types of weather hazards — floods and tornadoes — that beset Oklahoma in May, flooding won out as the most widespread and damaging, according to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS). Still, at least 61 twisters struck Oklahoma …
June 17, 2019
A federal jury in Milwaukee has awarded $2 million each to three men who sued three major paint and pigment companies which the men claimed were responsible for the lead poisoning they suffered as toddlers in their homes. The jury …
June 17, 2019
Surplus lines premium in Texas has consistently broken records each month in 2019, according to data recorded by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). For the first five months of this year, each recorded total has been the …
June 17, 2019
The Surplus Line Association of California board has voted to adjust the stamping fee to 0.25%, effective Jan. 1, 2020, the group announced earlier this month. The stamping fee has been set at 0.2% for seven years, the longest recorded …
June 17, 2019
National Ryan Specialty, Atlantic Specialty Ryan Specialty Group has acquired the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines Inc. The ASL team is now a part of R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group. The deal expands …
June 17, 2019
A cannabis company paid a $6.3 million settlement to a Nevada dispensary co-owner who claimed the company skimmed millions of dollars from dispensary profits, according financial documents. California-based Terra Tech reached a settlement with Heidi Loeb Hegerich, a co-owner of …
June 17, 2019
The inland marine insurance segment has grown steadily in the past decade in tandem with increases in construction spending and the transport of goods, with direct premiums written nearly doubling to $24.5 billion in 2018 from $13.3 billion in 2009, …
June 17, 2019
Wells Fargo has agreed to pay at least $385 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging it signed up thousands of auto loan customers for costly car insurance without their consent, resulting in many having their vehicles repossessed. The bank …