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Closing Georgia Coal Ash Ponds Expected To Take 15 Years
The dewatering and closure of remaining coal ash ponds at a Georgia Power Co. plant in northwest Georgia will take 15 years to complete. That’s what the unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. told local leaders earlier this month during a …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 5:56 PM |
Louisiana Deputy Sues Ex-Judge Over Racial Slurs in Text Messages
A Black Louisiana sheriff’s deputy has sued a white former judge, saying a racial slur in her private text messages defamed him and has hurt his ability to do his job since being made public. Assumption Parish Deputy Erick Taylor …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 5:56 PM |
Black Firefighters in North Carolina Allege Racism Amid Larger Reckoning
They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone poured tobacco juice in her boots. It was too much …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 5:54 PM |
Investigation Into Cause of Fire at Kansas Alcohol Plant Underway
Authorities say no one was hurt in an explosion and fire at a northeast Kansas distilling plant that was fined earlier this year over a noxious cloud of fumes that sent dozens to the hospital in 2016. Atchison Police Chief …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 5:51 PM |
North Carolina Regulator to Modify Moratorium on Lindberg Firms
A North Carolina Superior Court gave approval to the state’s insurance regulator to modify the moratorium on insurance businessman Greg Lindberg’s financially impaired Colorado Bankers and Bankers Life Insurance Companies. The order allows annuity contract owners to withdraw limited funds …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 5:49 PM |
Outlooks Revised to Positive for Bremen Farmers Mutual Insurance in Kansas
AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb+” of Bremen Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. (Bremen) in Bremen, Kan. The …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 5:34 PM |
Skyward Specialty Insurance Hires CNA’s Childs to Lead Construction Business
Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has added Rick Childs as senior vice president, Construction, to lead its growing construction business. Childs brings 25 years of commercial insurance industry experience, including the past decade focused on construction. Previously …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 5:32 PM |
Consolino Named President, CEO of Newly Capitalized Core Specialty Insurance
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. (Core Specialty) has completed its recapitalization of StarStone U.S. Holdings Inc. (StarStone U.S.) and named Jeff Consolino as president and CEO. In a media release, the company said the recapitalization was led by …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 5:26 PM |
Duke to Lead Expanded Actuarial, Analytics Practice at Xceedance
insurance consulting and technology firm Xceedance announced the expansion of its global actuarial and analytics services practice, led by Matthew Duke, senior vice president and chief actuary. Duke brings 15 years of experience in actuarial and analytics disciplines. Prior to …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 4:31 PM |
BHSI Hires Macfarlane to Lead Downstream Energy Property in Europe
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it is expanding its capabilities in Europe to underwrite downstream energy property insurance and has named Tom Macfarlane to lead this business segment. “This is a significant step in continued build-out of our overall …
POSTED DECEMBER 01, 2020 4:20 PM |
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