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How Excess Emissions Ballooned in Texas
In the early hours of Aug. 22, 2020, Hurricane Laura was still just a tropical storm off the coast of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. But effects from the monstrous storm, which would ultimately take at least 81 lives, …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 4:54 PM |
Texas Children’s Hospital Faces $15K in Fine for Failing to Protect Employees After Assault by Patient
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas exposed employees who worked with patients with behavioral health issues to physical threats and assaults. On Nov. 10, 2022, an aggressive patient …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 4:51 PM |
Michigan Wildfire Fully Contained
GRAYLING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan wildfire that’s burned more than 3 square miles (7.7 square kilometers) amid hot, dry conditions is now fully contained, the state Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday. The Wilderness Trail Fire in Crawford …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 4:31 PM |
New Lawsuit Filed After Iowa Building Collapse
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A woman whose leg was amputated in order to free her from the rubble of the partially collapsed building in Davenport, Iowa, filed a lawsuit with her wife Wednesday, accusing the city and the building’s …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 4:28 PM |
Russia-Linked Hackers Give Victims a Week to Open Ransom Negotiations
A Russian-speaking criminal cyber gang gave victims including British Airways and the BBC a week to start ransom negotiations after it exploited a vulnerability in an encrypted file-sharing software used by many high-profile firms. The hacker group, known as Clop, …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 4:13 PM |
Insurer Group Reacts to California Department of Insurance Musing on Cat Modeling
Insurer groups may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with a hint of a possible change in a regulator’s attitude toward the use of catastrophe modeling in the California market for wildfire insurers. The California Department …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 4:01 PM |
EU’s Breton Demands Meta Act Against Online Content Targeting Children
EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on June 23 and demand that he act immediately to tackle content targeting children, as Meta’s voluntary child protection code seemed not to be working. Social media …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 3:59 PM |
Gun Advocates Quick to Sue Over Connecticut’s New Gun Safety Law
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights supporters seeking to block …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 3:55 PM |
People Moves: AXA XL Names Guidée Reinsurance CEO as Bewlay Moves to Group CUO; McGill and Partners Grows in Bermuda With Stubbings Hire
AXA XL said Renaud Guidée has been appointed as chief executive officer, Reinsurance, effective September 1. Guidée assumes the role from Nancy Bewlay, who has been appointed group chief underwriting officer. In this newly created role, Bewlay joins AXA’s Management …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 3:30 PM |
Barclays Sued by UK Banker Over Mental Health Harassment Allegations
Barclays Plc was sued by an ex-banker alleging harassment and discrimination exacerbated her mental health issues causing panic attacks and stress, eventually pushing her to quit the bank. Khilna Morjaria, an ex-vice president at Barclays Execution Services Ltd., is seeking …
POSTED JUNE 08, 2023 2:56 PM |
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