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Vineyard Wind Incident Is Not First Time a GE Vernova Wind Turbine Came Apart

Insurance Journal

An incident at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project this week that scattered shards of fiberglass across Massachusetts beaches was the latest in a series of failures involving wind turbines built by GE Vernova.

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A Review of Choice Mutual’s Final Expense Insurance App  

Redbird Agents

Redbird Training - We offer live Redbird training classes for Producers every Tuesday and Thursday. When it comes to buying insurance of any type, there are a myriad of choices and variables you must wade through to find the policy that works best for you. That’s no different when it comes to final expense insurance, with dozens of options major insurers offer.

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Study Urges Rethinking of Disaster Management in Era of Compounding Events

Insurance Journal

A new report warns that compounding natural disasters introduce new, interconnected, and complex risk scenarios — and points to a need to reimagine efforts that support disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery “in an era of intensifying extreme weather-climate events and …

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How Much Does Restaurant Insurance Cost? Factors That Affect Your Rate

Central Insurance

Understand the factors influencing restaurant insurance costs, how to select the appropriate coverage types and cost-saving strategies, and what to look for in an insurance provider. The post How Much Does Restaurant Insurance Cost? Factors That Affect Your Rate appeared first on Central Insurance Blog.

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Repair Crews Face Threats From Some Houstonians Angry Over Beryl Power Outages

Insurance Journal

Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power across the city.

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9 things to have handy when you lose power.

Frankenmuth Insurance

You never know when you’ll lose power. But when you do, do you know where your emergency supplies are? Are you fully stocked with first aid and food? Would you be able to access the things you need to be safe in the dark? Our experts collected nine essential items you need to have on hand — that are handy — for any upcoming power outages. When you lose power , stay prepared with: Flashlights.

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Intense Heat Expected to Challenge Records in Pacific Northwest Over Weekend

Insurance Journal

Intense heat that has been baking parts of the interior Western U.S. is expected to expand into the Pacific Northwest in the coming days, raising the risk of heat-related illnesses and new wildfires, according to an AccuWeather media advisory.

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Update: Two Oil Tankers on Fire in Waters Near Singapore, Crew Members Rescued

Insurance Journal

Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday in waters near Singapore, the world’s biggest refueling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and others rescued from liferafts, authorities said.

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Hard Market Conditions Expected to Ease in 2025 as Claims Inflation Softens: Swiss Re

Insurance Journal

Hard market conditions in the global non-life insurance sector will continue this year, but will begin to ease in 2025, as general inflation and claims inflation conditions soften, according to Swiss Re in a report, which discusses the macroeconomic factors …

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Marsh McLennan Reports 8.7% Increase in Q2 Net Income

Insurance Journal

Insurance broker Marsh McLennan reported second quarter net income of $1.125 billion, an 8.7% increase from $1.035 billion reported during Q2 2023. Operating income rose 13% to $1.6 billion. Q2 earnings per share increased 10% to $2.

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Ohio Supreme Court Orders City to Pay $30 Million Police Brutality Judgment

Insurance Journal

The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly assaulted, arrested and detained, the state’s highest court has ordered.

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Almost a Year After Idalia, Florida Village Ponders its Future on the Gulf

Insurance Journal

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lisa Bregenzer’s waterfront home was her “little slice of heaven.” She watched sunsets and migrating birds from the porch, the Gulf of Mexico in the distance.

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Insured Losses for Floods in Southern Germany Estimated at €1.6B: PERILS

Insurance Journal

The recent floods in southern Germany will cost insurers an estimated €1.568 billion (US$1.7 billion), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data.

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People Moves: Liberty Mutual Re Taps Aon’s De La Mare to Lead New Australia/New Zealand Unit; H.W. Kaufman London Names AIG’s Greensmith to Lead Int’l Portfolio

Insurance Journal

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Re and H.W. Kaufman Group London. A summary of these new hires follows here.

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North Carolina Man Charged With Threatening Insurance Agents Over Claim

Insurance Journal

First, a North Carolina man filed a claim with Farm Bureau Insurance. Then he threatened three insurance agents with violence when he wasn’t paid as much as he expected, according to state authorities and one of the insurance agents.

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Pilot Dies After Small Plane Crashes Into River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

Insurance Journal

EASTON, Md. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane died Tuesday morning after an engine failure caused the aircraft to crash into a river on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, authorities said.

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SolarWinds Beats Most of SEC Lawsuit Over Russia-Linked Cyberattack

Insurance Journal

A U.S. judge dismissed most of a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing software company SolarWinds of defrauding investors by concealing its security weaknesses before and after a Russia-linked cyberattack targeting the U.S. government. U.S.

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Insurers Settle With Hotel in Case of Woman Videotaped in the Shower

Insurance Journal

Four insurance companies, unable to escape a duty to defend a New York hotel where a young woman was secretly videotaped in the shower in 2015, have reached a settlement in the case that made headlines around the world.

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Insurance Broker TWFG’s IPO Seeking $187 Million Gets Underway Today

Insurance Journal

Shares of Texas-based insurance broker TWFG, Inc. begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market today under the symbol TWFG. TWFG said it expects to realize gross proceeds of $187 million and net proceeds of approximately $168.

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Angola to Sell Stakes in Biggest Insurer, Standard Bank Unit

Insurance Journal

Angola will sell stakes in its largest insurer and in the local unit of Standard Bank Group Ltd. this year, as the oil-producing nation moves ahead with a privatization program to raise cash and diversify the economy.

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Forest Fire Erupts at Major Military Range in New Jersey

Insurance Journal

BARNEGAT, N.J. (AP) — A fast-moving forest fire broke out Tuesday at a major military gunnery range in southern New Jersey, but no injuries or property damage has been reported. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service responded around 2:15 p.m.

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Outbreak Continues to Grow as Bird Flu Found in Oklahoma Dairy Herd

Insurance Journal

Oklahoma has become the 13th U.S. state to detect bird flu in dairy cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed on Monday, though the state said the infection happened months ago.

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Detroit-Area County to Pay $7M to Family of Man Killed in Jail for a Misdemeanor

Insurance Journal

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area county agreed to a $7 million settlement in the death of a man who was severely beaten by another man while in jail for a misdemeanor.

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More Reforms Needed to Tackle Shadow Banking’s ‘Hidden Leverage’: BoE Regulator

Insurance Journal

The booming non-bank financial industry has created excessive leverage that poses financial stability risks, and more reforms are needed to tackle it, including improving disclosure of positions, a Bank of England regulator said on Thursday.

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Preservationists Rush to Save 150-Year-Old Lighthouse From Toppling Into Hudson River

Insurance Journal

HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — The race is on to keep a 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River.

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Transforming Healthcare Price Transparency

Insurance Journal

This post is part of a series sponsored by PCF Insurance Services.

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Vermonters Urged to Report Flood Damage From Beryl to State for FEMA Determination

Insurance Journal

Vermont’s governor on Tuesday urged residents to report any damage from last week’s flooding to the state, even if they plan to do repairs themselves, so that counties can meet the threshold for individual federal assistance.

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Few Residents Opt Out of Proposed $600 Million Settlement in Ohio Train Derailment

Insurance Journal

Few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected by last year’s disastrous East Palestine train derailment despite the questions residents raised about the deal, lawyers said.

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Severe Storms Pummel Large Swath of U.S.

Insurance Journal

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

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