Posts by Hometown Insurance
Tampa Installer Banned for Life After Leaving Hundreds of Pools Unfinished
Florida’s attorney general has taken extraordinary measures against a Tampa-based pool company, shutting down the company and securing a lifetime business ban against the owner, who left hundreds of swimming pools unfinished around the area. In a consent judgment in …
Read More World Sees Hottest June on Record as North Atlantic Temperatures Rise
Last month was the warmest June of the past three decades globally, with several places in western Europe hitting all-time records for the month, according to a report by Europe’s earth observation agency Copernicus. Ocean temperatures also rose to their …
Read More Nevada Secures $285M Opioid Settlement with Walgreens
The state of Nevada has reached a $285 million settlement with Walgreens regarding the pharmacy chain`s role in the opioid epidemic, the state`s top lawyer announced. The last in a series of multiyear settlements with pharmaceutical companies, retailers and others, …
Read More Ransomware Criminals Are Dumping Kids’ Private Files Online After School Hacks
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy — even suicide attempts. “Please do something,” begged a student in one leaked …
Read More Two New Jersey Firefighters Died Battling Fire on Cargo Ship Carrying 5,000 Cars
Two firefighters were killed battling a blaze that began when cars caught fire deep inside a cargo ship carrying 5,000 cars at a New Jersey port, Newark`s fire chief said Thursday. Responding firefighters found five to seven vehicles already on …
Read More Ukraine Finance Chief Sees Urgent Need for War-Risk Insurance
Ukraine’s wartime defense spending will remain high next year, underscoring the need for allies to provide war-risk insurance to help attract investment, the nation’s finance minister said. “Without international support, without war-risk insurance, we will not attract as much investment …
Read More Siemens Energy’s Turbine Troubles Rattle Wind Sector
Siemens Energy’s disclosure of quality issues in its newer wind turbine models has exposed broader challenges in a sector suffering from rushed development, soaring materials costs and a flawed market design. Siemens Energy shocked the wind sector in late June …
Read More World Insurance Buys Schlegel & Schlegel Brokers on Cape Cod
Insurance broker World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Schlegel & Schlegel Insurance Brokers Inc. of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts on July 1, 2023. Schlegel & Schlegel has been providing home, auto and business insurance to customers in …
Read More 90 Vermont Schools Sue Monsanto Over Toxic PCB Contamination of Buildings
Dozens of Vermont school districts have sued chemical giant Monsanto over toxic contamination in educational buildings from now-banned industrial chemicals known as PCBs. Last year, Vermont became the first state in the country to require older schools to test their …
Read More Generali Buys U.S. Asset Manager Conning Under Deal With Cathay Life
Generali has agreed to buy Connecticut-based asset manager Conning Holdings as part of a partnership with Cathay Life, a unit of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holding, the Italian insurer said on Thursday. The deal, structured as an exchange of assets without …
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