BRP Group to Acquire Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers November 5, 2021 Subsidiaries of insurance agency partnership BRP Group have agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Wood Gutmann &...
Vietnam Negotiates With Iran for Release of Seized Oil Tanker November 5, 2021 By Hau Dinh HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam was seeking more information Thursday about a Vietnamese oil tanker that was seized at gunpoint...
Liberty Mutual Is Moving Its 2,200 Exclusive Agents to Its New Digital Agency November 5, 2021 Liberty Mutual Insurance, the nation’s sixth-largest personal lines property/casualty insurer, is planning to transition its more than 2,200 exclusive insurance...
Japan’s Fukushima Farmers Fear Contaminated Water Release Will Hit Produce Prices November 5, 2021 By Sakura Murakami IWAKI, Japan – Farmers in Japan’s northeastern Fukushima fear the release of water from the crippled power plant there could...
UK Warns Facebook Executives to Keep Users Safe or Risk Criminal Charges November 5, 2021 By Nate Lanxon UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries warned Facebook Inc. and its chiefs are on course for criminal prosecution for failing to...
COP26 Coal Pledge Falls Short on Support From Big User Countries as Emissions Surge November 5, 2021 By Kate Abnett and Elizabeth Piper GLASGOW – A pledge to phase out coal gained the support of 23 more countries at the U.N. climate conference...
Death Toll Rises to 23 From Collapse of High-Rise Building in Nigeria November 5, 2021 By Chinedu Asadu LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise apartment building under construction in Nigeria’s most...
Buckle Up for Bucks: Kansas, Missouri Drivers on Alert for Deer November 5, 2021 Officials in Kansas and Missouri are urging drivers to be especially cautious this time of year as collisions with deer...
Suspected Arson Causes $25,000 in Damage to Austin Synagogue November 5, 2021 Austin leaders gathered earlier this week to demonstrate solidarity with the city’s Jewish community after a string of antisemitic incidents...
Michigan Drivers to See Insurance Refunds After Pressure From Governor November 5, 2021 By David Eggert All insured Michigan drivers will be getting refunds due to a $5 billion surplus in a fund that reimburses insurers...