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First Radar Images From NASA Satellite Showcase Maine Coast, North Dakota Farmland
NASA’s first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite show the Maine coast and North Dakota farmland in incredible detail. The pictures, released Thursday, are from a spacecraft that rocketed into orbit from India two months ago. The joint U.S.-Indian …
Read More Minnesota’s Political Divide Stalls Gun Control Efforts
As Minnesota mourned a mass shooting at a church that left two schoolchildren dead and 21 people injured, Gov. Tim Walz promised to call a special session for the Legislature to pass solutions to gun violence and school safety. But …
Read More Grad Students are Developing a Way to Cool Texas Data Centers Without Water
Sai Abhideep Pundla has been awake since 3 a.m. After a red-eye flight from Las Vegas, where he briefed data center company executives and local government officials about the future of artificial intelligence, he’s back in a lab at UT-Arlington, …
Read More People Moves: Alliant Adds Gramling to Employee Benefits Group
Alliant Insurance Services has hired Alex Gramling as Senior Vice President within its Employee Benefits Group. Based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Gramling will serve a national client base, drawing from a background that spans the full spectrum of employee benefits, including …
Read More Gallagher Sues Two Former Brokers Who Started Own Firm
Global insurance brokers Arthur J. Gallagher is suing two former employees who left to start their own New York brokerage firm for allegedly soliciting Gallagher clients and using confidential information in violation of their employment agreements. Gallagher claims that James …
Read More Typhoon Bualoi Kills 12 in Vietnam as Philippine Toll Hits 27
Typhoon Bualoi killed at least 12 people in northern central Vietnam, where heavy rains are expected to continue amid power cuts and flight disruptions. The storm made landfall in Vietnam early Monday after it earlier slammed the Philippines, where 27 …
Read More People Moves: Palomba Joins Howden US as Deputy Head of Natural Resources
Howden US appointed Christine Palomba as deputy head, natural resources, Howden US, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. Palomba has 29 years of industry experience, most recently at Aon, where her previous role was managing director, U.S. power and renewables practice …
Read More People Moves: Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter; HDI UK & Ireland Names Potter From AXA XL as Director of Liability
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Specialty MGA and HDI UK & Ireland. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter Specialty MGA, the London-headquartered managing general agent …
Read More Flood-Focused Neptune’s IPO Joins Boom in Niche Insurer Debuts
Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. is hoping its record of growth and profitability selling flood insurance policies will generate the same investor enthusiasm for its US IPO that greeted most debuts by other firms in the sector this year. Like many …
Read More Transportation Department Tightens Noncitizen Truck Driver Rules After Florida Crash
The U.S. Transportation Department tightened commercial driver’s license requirements for noncitizens Friday after three fatal crashes this year that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers. The new rules make getting commercial driver’s licenses extremely hard for immigrants because …
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