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Two U.S. Congressmen, one a Democrat from Louisiana and the other a Republican from Mississippi, have introduced legislation to retroactively restore the National Flood Insurance Program. Congressmen Troy A. Carter, Sr., D-La., and Mike Ezell, R-Miss. introduced H.R. 5848, the …
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Davies is acquiring SCM Insurance Services, a large claims processing and risk solutions provider in Canada. The deal has SCM’s three operating businesses—ClaimsPro, a claims adjusting firm; IPG, a third-party claims administrator; and Pario, a forensic engineering and consulting business—joining …
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Typhoon Fung-Wong is forecast to swing toward Taiwan after the powerful storm struck the Philippines' northeast late on Sunday, causing widespread flooding and the suspension of government operations.
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Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for MGAs” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demos give viewers a rapid-fire experience of AI technology tools designed exclusively for managing general agencies. The latest online event …
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Snow will be winding down across Chicago in a few hours, where the combination of the government shutdown and the weather has added to the more than 1,500 flights grounded nationwide. As of 6:30 a.m. local time, 367 flights were …
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Internet domain registrar GoDaddy owes a patent owner $170 million for violating its rights in website-building technology, a Delaware federal jury said in a verdict made public on Friday. The jury agreed with Express Mobile that GoDaddy’s web-design tools infringe …
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The Collision Engineering Career Alliance partnered with El Camino College in Torrance, California to launch a collision engineering program. The aim is to help fill the more than 100,000 job openings expected through 2028 in the field. The two-year associate …
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Honda Motor is recalling 406,290 vehicles in the U.S. over a manufacturing flaw that could cause aluminum alloy wheels to detach, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday. The recall covers certain model 2016-2021 Civic vehicles that …
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A jury in Newport News, Virginia has awarded $10 million to a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student. Abby Zwerner, who was shot in January 2023 in her first-grade classroom, had asked for $40 million against a former …
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The number of casualties from the crash of a United Parcel Service Inc. cargo plane rose to 13, as investigators head into the fourth day of a probe into what caused the incident near the company’s global hub in Kentucky. …
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