Posts by Hometown Insurance
Busy Hurricane Season Could Test NC’s ‘Weakened’ Building Codes, Insurance Experts Say
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, predicted to be unusually intense, officially began this week and it could soon bring the first test of a North Carolina law that some insurance experts have said weakens building codes in the state and …
Read More Medical Cannabis User Fired After Failing Drug Test Appeals Denial of Unemployment Benefits
A Vermont man who lost his job after he said a random drug test showed he had used medical marijuana off duty for chronic pain has appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court saying he should not have been denied a …
Read More Vermont Is 1st State With Law Requiring Oil Companies Pay for Climate Change Damage
Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. Republican Gov. …
Read More Utility Launches Shutoff Plan Aimed at Preventing Another Wildfire Like Lahaina
More than 48,000 Hawaiian Electric Co. customers living in some of the state’s driest areas will soon face the prospect of advance power shutoffs — and outages that could last several days — in order to reduce the risk of …
Read More Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Auto Insurance Reform Bills to Boost Market Competition
Louisiana lawmakers passed a series of auto insurance reform bills that aim to bring availability and competition to the market by cutting down on excessive verdicts and settlements. Legislators passed four bills endorsed by Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple that he …
Read More Tennessee, Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Sentenced for Second Crop Insurance Fraud
A Kentucky tobacco farmer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to crop insurance fraud, eight years after he was convicted of similar crimes. David Manion, 61, who resides in Lafayette, Tennessee, and owns …
Read More Flight Attendants Accuse Jacksonville Jags and Kicker of Sexual Assault on Plane
Two unnamed flight attendants have filed suit against the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team and former placekicker Brandon McManus, accusing him of sexual assault during an 8-hour flight to London last fall. The women, referred to only as Jane Doe I …
Read More Tesla to Recall 125,227 Vehicles Over Faulty Seat Belt Warning System
Tesla is recalling 125,227 vehicles in the U.S. due to a malfunction in its seat belt warning system that can increase the risk of injury in a collision, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday. The regulator said …
Read More Nationwide Pet Shedding 100,000 Policies
The leading pet insurer in the U.S. said it is dropping about 100,000 policies starting this spring, citing inflation in the cost of veterinary care. Nationwide Pet, the leading provider of pet insurance for dogs, cats, birds and exotic animals, …
Read More A 6th House Has Collapsed into Atlantic on North Carolina’s Outer Banks
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Another house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s coast, the sixth to fall along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s beaches in the past four years, according to U.S. National Park Service officials. About …
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