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Liberty Partners With Ohio’s Roger Smith
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers formed a recent partnership with Roger Smith Insurance Agency of Tiffin, Ohio. Founded in 1987 by Roger Smith and currently led by his son, Kyle Smith, the firm offers personal, commercial, life, annuities, and health …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 4:54 PM |
Video of Carolina Beach House Collapsing into Sea Continues to Go Viral
A video of a beach house being swallowed by the sea on North Carolina’s Outer Banks continues to go viral, drawing new attention to the impact that rising seas and storms are having on vulnerable properties and their insurance costs. …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 4:34 PM |
U.S. Traffic Deaths Jump 10.5% in 2021 to Highest Number Since 2005
U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5% in 2021 to 42,915 – the highest number killed on American roads in a single-year since 2005, U.S. regulators said Tuesday in its preliminary estimate. The yearly increase is the highest reported since the National …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 3:37 PM |
Three More Florida Insurers Asking for Big Rate Hikes at Hearings
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation held hearings Tuesday on major rate increases from three more property insurers: Florida Farm Bureau, First Floridian, and Kin Interinsurance Network. The Kin and First Floridian hearings began Tuesday morning but the Farm Bureau …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 3:16 PM |
Ex-Louisiana Police Boss Faces Contempt in Ronald Greene Probe
Lawmakers investigating the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene voted unanimously last week to hold the former head of the Louisiana State Police in contempt for defying a subpoena and refusing to turn over the handwritten journals he kept …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 3:16 PM |
BP Oil Spill Settlement Goes Towards Louisiana Shoreline Construction
Louisiana has begun construction of a $67 million project to create miles (kilometers) of oyster reefs to protect the shoreline in a New Orleans suburb. Money for the Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline comes from an $8.8 billion restoration fund set …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 3:12 PM |
Idaho Announces $119M Opioid Crisis Settlement
Idaho officials announced a $119 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors over their role in the opioid addiction crisis. Republican Gov. Brad Little and Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said it’s the second-largest consumer settlement …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 3:00 PM |
UK Investigates Source of Monkeypox Cases
Four more cases of monkeypox have been identified in Britain, bringing the total to seven, according to the UK Health Security Agency. Health authorities are working to find links between the latest four cases, three of which are in London. …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 2:58 PM |
Kansas Court: More Fact-Finding Required in Air Ambulance Case
Federal law may prohibit states from regulating prices charged to insurers by air ambulance providers, but that doesn’t absolve the Workers’ Compensation Board of its responsibility to determine whether the billed charges are “usual and customary,” a split Kansas Supreme …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 2:58 PM |
Rain Brings Relief to Massive New Mexico Wildfire
Lightning sparked a few new small fires in the drought-stricken Southwest Monday but the thunderstorms brought welcome rain to the monster blaze that’s been churning for a month in New Mexico and is now the state’s largest in recorded history. …
POSTED MAY 17, 2022 2:53 PM |
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