April 17, 2020
The new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been confirmed in more than two dozen people working on oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said. While an offshore rig might seem like an unlikely place for the …
April 17, 2020
Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Inc. (MIAA), based in Lincoln, Neb., has hired Sam Stallard as an agency development field specialist for Kansas and Missouri. Stallard will be directly responsible for agency development and consulting services of MIAA member agencies in …
April 17, 2020
Two employees have died following a coronavirus outbreak that has sickened scores of Tyson Foods workers at a large pork plant in southeastern Iowa, the company said. The deaths of the workers at Tyson plant in Columbus Junction are the …
April 17, 2020
The Louisiana Department of Insurance says a new emergency rule extends the renewal dates for licenses of insurance producers and adjusters who have been negatively impacted by the business closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency Rule 44 applies …
April 17, 2020
Hacking activity against corporations in the United States and other countries more than doubled by some measures last month as digital thieves took advantage of security weakened by pandemic work-from-home policies, researchers said. Corporate security teams have a harder time …
April 17, 2020
Some Utah residents felt the largest aftershock yet since the 5.7 magnitude quake hit in March, officials said. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports Tuesday night’s “light” earthquake of magnitude 4.2 was in the northwester Salt Lake Valley near …
April 17, 2020
A Santa Fe, N.M., woman is suing Meow Wolf after she says her children were injured when wind overturned the arts and entertainment company’s rented-bounce house. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports attorneys for Anita Vargas didn’t say in court …
April 17, 2020
A Central California nursing home has 154 cases of the coronavirus and eight residents have died in one of the largest single outbreaks in the state, it was reported. The numbers reported by Redwood Springs Healthcare Center in Visalia, a …
April 17, 2020
Calabasas, Calif.-based Unico American Corp. announced that in response to the forced closure of so many small businesses due to the Covid-19 situation in California, Unico’s general agency subsidiary, Unifax Insurance System Inc., is now offering a Suspended Operations insurance …
April 17, 2020
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office has called on the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) to direct all auto insurance companies doing business in the state to lower premiums during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter sent Monday to Massachusetts …