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Britain’s Insurers Under Pressure Over Spike in Car Insurance Premiums The rising cost of car insurance has triggered a barrage of complaints in the cost of living crisis, Britain’s financial watchdog told lawmakers on Wednesday, as the sector insisted that prices remain at 2018 levels in real terms. Matt Brewis, …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:20 AM |
Dubai’s Record Rain Floods Expensive Homes and Halts Flights Dubai flights have been severely disrupted and cars were left stranded on flooded roads after record rainfall over the past day brought the city to a standstill. The United Arab Emirates experienced its heaviest downpour since records began in 1949, …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:15 AM |
North Carolina Adjuster and Son Charged with Embezzlement in Roof Jobs A North Carolina mother and son adjusting and contracting team are scheduled to appear in court next month on charges of scamming more than $20,600. Both have been charged with similar offenses in the last two years, the state Insurance …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:01 AM |
Coal Miners Getting New Protections Against Black Lung Disease Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as black lung disease, the Labor Department said Tuesday as it issued …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:00 AM |
Wildfires Are Upending Some of the Safest Bets on Wall Street When the Texas Panhandle went up in flames this winter, the news spread fast on Wall Street. An electric utility by the name of Xcel Energy Inc. was getting blamed for the massive blaze — a lawsuit pointed the finger …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:00 AM |
Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Job Discrimination The US Supreme Court made it easier for employees to sue over discriminatory job transfers, siding with a St. Louis police officer who says she was shifted to a different role against her will because she is female. The justices …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:00 AM |
Montana Asbestos Victims Want Buffett’s Railroad Company Held Responsible An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer argued this week for a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:00 AM |
Accuweather: Record Warm Winter Costs Businesses Billions in Losses Unseasonably warm winter weather cost businesses and event planners in the northern Plains and upper Midwest billions of dollars in estimated losses, according to estimates from Accuweather. Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa experienced the warmest winter on record, …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:00 AM |
Ohio River Near Pittsburgh Reopens to Maritime Traffic After Sunken Barge Found The U.S. Coast Guard reopened the Ohio River in Pittsburgh to maritime traffic on Tuesday, nearly four days after 26 barges broke loose and floated away during weekend flooding. “The river is open. The Ohio River is open,” Lt. Eyobe …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:00 AM |
People Moves: Maryland Insurance Commissioner Birrane to Leave Post in June Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane has announced she plans to resign effective June 30 and to return to private practice at DLA Piper, the law firm where she was a partner until being appointed commissioner in May 2020. Birrane …
POSTED APRIL 18, 2024 5:00 AM |
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