US Government Wants Some of Oklahoma’s $270M Purdue Pharma Settlement Money July 1, 2019 The U.S. government wants a portion of Oklahoma’s $270 million settlement with Purdue Pharma that stemmed from the state’s ongoing...
Data: Oklahoma Highway Patrol Writing Fewer Tickets, Warnings July 1, 2019 The number of tickets written by Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers is continuing to fall after the agency lifted a cost-saving...
Under New Law, $700M in Louisiana Roadwork to Be Paid by BP Money July 1, 2019 Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed one of the last outstanding bills from the legislative session, steering $700 million in...
Hailstorm Destroys Thousands of Acres of Crops in Minnesota July 1, 2019 Thousands of acres of corn and soybeans have been destroyed by a hailstorm that moved through southwest Minnesota. And, in...
Official: Derailed Train Car at Canada/Michigan Border Leaked Sulfuric Acid July 1, 2019 About 13,700 gallons of sulfuric acid has spilled from one of about 40 freight train cars that derailed in an...
Swingle Receives IIAT’s 2019 Drex Foreman Award July 1, 2019 The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Frank Swingle Jr., founder and CEO of Swingle Collins & Associates...
QBE’s Gonzalez Named Executive VP, General Counsel at CNA July 1, 2019 Chicago-based commercial property/casualty insurer, CNA, has appointed Jose Ramon Gonzalez as executive vice president and general counsel. Gonzalez will serve...
Zurich Commits to UN Climate Change Targets, to Using only Renewable Energy by 2022 July 1, 2019 Zurich Insurance Group announced it is accelerating actions to progress towards a low-carbon economy “amid an increasing climate crisis.” Its...
Proposed California Wildfire Board Could Operate Partly in Secret July 1, 2019 By Andrew Oxford A closely watched wildfire law proposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom would exempt a new safety board from some of...
New Jersey Woman Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud July 1, 2019 A Bergen County, N.J., woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for filing phony insurance claims for losses...