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The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent organization in the state, has named Greg Thomas director of professional development. Thomas was previously director of insurance agent and agency services for the Florida Department of Financial Services, where he …

Snack food maker Mondelez International is suing the Aldi supermarket chain, alleging the packaging for Aldi’s store-brand cookies and crackers “blatantly copies” Mondelez products like Chips Ahoy, Wheat Thins and Oreos. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Illinois, Chicago-based …

Vehicle crashes across Tennessee in the last few days have left five people dead and dozens more injured. In the tourist town of Gatlinburg, seven people, including two pedestrians, were injured in a multivehicle crash on Sunday. The accident occurred …

Risk Strategies announced it has acquired Schroeder Insurance, a Missouri-based firm with a specialty focus in the commercial lines and private client sectors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Led by brothers Paul and Ted Schroeder, who each have …

Massachusetts is eliminating a series of insurance and other business regulations with a goal of making it easier and less costly to conduct business in the state. According to Gov. Maura Healey, her administration’s “Massachusetts Means Business” initiative is axing …

One of the most striking patterns in the aftermath of many urban fires is how much unburned green vegetation remains amid the wreckage of burned neighborhoods. In some cases, a row of shrubs may be all that separates a surviving …

Current climatic conditions suggest that there will be a slightly above-average number of storms in the North Atlantic during the 2025 hurricane season, according to Munich Re in its Hurricane Outlook 2025. However, Munich Re warned that this year’s outlook …

The number of former rugby players taking legal action against sports governing bodies on claims they suffered brain injuries during their careers has grown to more than 1,000, a British law firm said on Monday. Rylands Garth, based in London, …

Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation. …

A Texas bill on the verge of becoming law would require labels on packaged food from Skittles to Mountain Dew that warn about ingredients “not recommended for human consumption” by other countries. Texas Senate Bill 25, backed by Secretary of …