Los Angeles County Owes $8M to Man Killed Like George Floyd, Court Rules August 17, 2020 By Don Thompson Los Angeles County must pay a full $8 million damage award to the family of a Black man whose death...
Arizona Reports 933 Additional Virus Cases, 69 More Deaths August 17, 2020 Arizona has reported 933 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases with 69 more deaths, increasing the state’s totals to 192,654 cases and...
Connecticut Boat Explosion That Sent Six Into the Water Being Investigated August 17, 2020 Connecticut officials are investigating the cause of a boat explosion that forced six people to jump to safety into Norwalk...
Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Assets of Amity Insurance Agency August 17, 2020 Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets...
Nexus Unites Trade Credit Broking Business Under ‘Xenia’ Brand August 17, 2020 Xenia Broking Group, the independent trade credit broking arm of Nexus Group, announced it is uniting under one trading name...
Japanese Bulk Carrier Splits Apart as Mauritian Authorities Work to Contain Oil Spill August 17, 2020 By Omar Mohammed A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around...
Heatwaves Raising California’s Wildfire Risk August 17, 2020 By Eric Roston The current heatwave broiling Californians like no event in decades is also elevating the risk for another potential disaster in...
Global Insurance M&A Surges in 1st Half but Lull Likely in H2 on COVID Uncertainties August 17, 2020 Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global insurance industry rose in the first half of 2020 with 201 completed deals...
OSHA Defends Inspector Calling Ahead to Pennsylvania Meat Plant Before Visiting August 17, 2020 A federal safety inspector tipped off a coronavirus-tainted Pennsylvania meatpacking plant before visiting the next day — then failed to...
University Insured Chinese Student Tuition Revenue Against Virus. Then COVID-19 Hit. August 17, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn After becoming dean of the University of Illinois business school in 2015, Jeffrey Brown worried that politics or a virus...