A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking cloud-based education software provider PowerSchool and stealing data pertaining to millions of students and teachers that hackers used to extort the company and school districts into paying ransoms. Matthew Lane, …
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Big I New York, the trade association for independent insurance agents in New York, elected Kelly Gonyo as chair of the board for the 2025–2026 term. Gonyo is the founder and president of Blue Line Insurance Agency, headquartered in Lake …
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With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl, …
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The Senate voted on Thursday to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, moving to kill the country’s most aggressive effort to transition toward electric vehicles as President Donald Trump’s administration has doubled …
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A former Westminster, California, police officer and her stepfather were charged in a large-scale workers’ compensation fraud case after an investigation revealed the officer collected more than $600,000 in disability payments while reportedly engaging in physically strenuous activities. Nicole Brown, …
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Swingle Collins & Associates announced the appointment of Dan Curtis as President. Curtis will continue to foster a culture of growth and exceptional insurance services as he succeeds former president Mac Wesson, who will remain with the agency in a …
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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis in Canada and HDI Global in London. A summary of these new hires follows here. Willis Promotes Williamson as Canada Leader Willis, a WTW business, announced the appointment of Grant …
The Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement announced Wednesday, the latest in a string of settlements by the Catholic Church. The archdiocese, its parishes and several insurers …
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A man who admitted in federal court to setting the fire that destroyed an eastern Missouri church has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison and ordered to pay the church nearly $7 million. The sentence for Christopher …
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The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the departure of 16 senior executives on Wednesday, a significant shakeup of its leadership ranks less than two weeks before the start of what is expected to be a busy hurricane season. Those …
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