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EPA Finalizes Regulation Requiring Oil and Gas Operators in Texas to Reduce Methane Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency on Saturday finalized a long-anticipated climate regulation that will require oil and gas operators to dramatically reduce how much methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is escaping from equipment in many oil fields across Texas. The rule …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 5:49 PM |
World Acquires South Dakota’s American Trust Insurance
World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of American Trust Insurance, LLC (“ATI”) of Huron, South Dakota on December 1, 2023. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ATI was founded in 2004, and today it has …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 5:42 PM |
People Moves: Aon Promotes Clarke as Head of Renewables, Global Broking Centre & UK; Markel Hires AIG’s Meek to Lead Cyber Portfolio in Middle East, North Africa
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon and Markel. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Clarke to Head of Renewables, Global Broking Centre & UK Insurance broker Aon plc announced the promotion of …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 4:36 PM |
Clear Group Buys General Insurance Book of P W White & Partners in UK
The Clear Group, the London-based independent broker, announced it has acquired the entire general insurance book of regional broker P W White & Partners Ltd. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction does not include the financial …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 3:54 PM |
Virginia House Explosion Follows Flare Gun, Firearm Shots
An explosion tore through a house in Arlington, Virginia Monday evening after police spent hours attempting to get the occupant who was shooting a flare gun to stop shooting and come outside. At approximately 4:45 p.m., the Arlington County police …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 3:36 PM |
23andMe Says Health Data Was Included in Hack That Compromised 6.9 Million Users
Some 6.9 million 23andMe customers had their data compromised after an anonymous hacker accessed user profiles and posted them for sale on the internet earlier this year, the company said on Monday. The compromised data included users’ ancestry information as …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 3:35 PM |
US DOJ Slaps Criminal Fines on UK Brokers Tysers and H.W. Wood for Bribery
The US Department of Justice has slapped criminal penalties on UK reinsurance brokers Tysers Insurance Brokers Ltd. and H.W. Wood Ltd. as a result of their participation “in a corrupt scheme to pay bribes to Ecuadorian government officials,” the DOJ …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 3:34 PM |
Miss. Sheriff Sets New Policies After Torture Episode. Victims Say it’s to Avoid Consequences
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for the victims of an episode of police torture say new policies unveiled by a Mississippi sheriff`s department this week were introduced so the sheriff can escape liability in a civil lawsuit and forestall a …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 3:23 PM |
Recordings Show How Mormon Church Protects Itself From Child Sex Abuse Claims
Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed with her while he …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 2:59 PM |
Fire Blamed on E-Bike Battery Kills 1, Injures 6 in Bronx Apartment Building
One person was killed and six others were injured when a fire blamed on an electric bicycle battery tore through a New York City apartment, officials said Monday. The fire started at around 7 p.m. Sunday in a 10th-floor apartment …
POSTED DECEMBER 05, 2023 2:42 PM |
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