Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed his sweeping crime package into law over the weekend that will help revive a unique court program that barred offenders of some crimes from the Las Vegas Strip and will stiffen penalties for smash-and-grab robberies, …
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Trucordia today said it has acquired Global Financial & Insurance Services, a provider of tailored insurance and financial solutions for individual, families, and business in all 50 states. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Felix Morgan, CEO of Trucordia, …
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The UK is reviving a plan to make it easier for employees to switch jobs, putting financial firms on edge, as some of the most controversial non-compete clauses in their hiring contracts come under scrutiny once again. The government published …
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Vladimir Putin warned that Russia may consider striking the ships of countries supporting Ukraine if a surge in attacks on Moscow’s tanker fleet doesn’t halt.”What the Ukrainian armed forces are doing now is piracy,” Putin told reporters in Moscow, in …
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Hong Kong authorities rushed on Thursday to remove mesh netting on all buildings undergoing renovation across the city after the material was blamed for fanning a blaze last week that has killed at least 159 people. The government late on …
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Brett Flagg, of Frisco, Texas, has been reappointed to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board of directors by Gov. Greg Abbott. His board term for Texas Mutual—a policyholder-owned company and the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance—is set to …
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Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies, humans are continuing to produce the material at accelerating rates. The result: Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons …
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Devastating floods have killed more than 1,300 people and caused at least $20 billion in losses since late last month across parts of South and Southeast Asia, underscoring the increasing risks from climate change and extreme weather for the region’s …
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Days after reinstating a group of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees who raised concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, federal officials have placed those whistleblowers back on administrative leave. The move comes hours after CNN first reported the return to …
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Howden, with U.S. headquarters in Miami, Florida, appointed Elizabeth Neumann as executive vice president, financial lines claims leader. Neumann will be based in New York. Neumann joins Howden from CAC Specialty, where she spent the last two years as CAC’s …
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