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Florida DFS Adds More Property Insurance Fraud Investigators
Florida’s Department of Financial Services has added 13 employees, 10 of whom are sworn law enforcement officers, to investigate property insurance fraud in the state, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis said. The squads were authorized by the Legislature last year. …
POSTED DECEMBER 06, 2021 6:10 AM |
Florida Growth will Mean More Cat Losses; Premiums Must Rise – Summit
With good news comes bad, and vice-versa in Florida’s growing but rapidly deteriorating property insurance market, industry analysts said at a two-day Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit last week. First, some of the good news: Florida is on track …
POSTED DECEMBER 06, 2021 6:04 AM |
Hub Acquires Assets of Alaska-Based Shattuck & Grummett
Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Shattuck & Grummett Insurance in Juneau, Alaska. John Grummett, Stacy Grummett, Rick Shattuck and Teresa Young, owners of Shattuck & Grummett Insurance, and the Shattuck & Grummett Insurance team will join Hub Northwest. …
POSTED DECEMBER 06, 2021 6:01 AM |
Takeaways from Our Conversation on Rare and Minor Cannabinoids
Rare and minor cannabinoids, which occur in much smaller quantities than CBD and THC, have yielded an alphabet soup of new acronyms in our language – CBN, CBG, THCV, Delta-8 THC, CBC – and they have the potential to boost …
POSTED DECEMBER 06, 2021 6:00 AM |
Update on Vaccine Mandates for Businesses, Health Workers and Federal Contractors
Millions of health care workers across the U.S. were supposed to have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday, Dec. 6 under a mandate issued by President Joe Biden’s administration. Thanks to legal challenges, they won’t have to …
POSTED DECEMBER 06, 2021 6:00 AM |
Climate Modeling Confirms Historical Records Showing Rise in Hurricane Activity
New results show North Atlantic hurricanes have increased in frequency over the last 150 years Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office When forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from …
POSTED DECEMBER 06, 2021 6:00 AM |
Great Lakes’ Warming Brings Higher Winter Temperatures Across Midwest
Winter is just around the corner, but experts say the Great Lakes haven’t gotten the message. After summer and fall evenings that failed to cool sufficiently, surface temperatures in the massive bodies of water are trending above average, the Chicago …
POSTED DECEMBER 03, 2021 5:47 PM |
Florida Man and Three Others Sentenced for Millions in Fake Construction Bonds
A federal judge in Miami sentenced four men to at least two years in prison each for a scheme that sold worthless construction bonds for major building projects in 2015. Working under the name of Hampton Investment Fund, CHM Secure …
POSTED DECEMBER 03, 2021 5:39 PM |
Michigan Residents Lose Decision over Foul Odor from Sugar Beet Processor
Residents complaining about foul odors from a sugar beet processor in Bay City have a lost a key decision at the Michigan Court of Appeals. Michigan Sugar, which turns beets into sugar, is accused of depriving people from enjoying their …
POSTED DECEMBER 03, 2021 5:27 PM |
Oklahoma Pork Plant Faces $27,000 Penalty Over Unsafe Work Conditions
A Guymon, Oklahoma processing and packing facility – operated by one of the nation’s largest pork processors – failed to prevent workers from being exposed to repetitive motion injuries and did not record injuries that needed more than basic first-aid. …
POSTED DECEMBER 03, 2021 5:17 PM |
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