Posts by Hometown Insurance
McDonald’s E. Coli Crisis Reveals Vegetable Contamination Is Harder Problem Than Beef
Moves by major U.S. fast-food chains to temporarily pull fresh onions off their menus on Thursday, after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald’s, laid bare the recurring nightmare for restaurants: Produce …
Read More Dozens of Alleged Looters, Unlicensed Construction Workers Arrested in Florida
More than 100 people were arrested late last week in storm-ravaged Pinellas County, Florida, charged with looting homes and working as unlicensed contractors, two weeks after Hurricane Milton forced many residents to evacuate. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said that …
Read More People Moves: Price Forbes Bermuda Promotes Kelley to CEO; WTW Gets Saudi Arabian License, Names Chubb’s Bahafi as Head of Insurance Broking
This edition of Interational People Moves details appointments at the brokers Price Forbes and WTW. A summary of these new hires follows here. Price Forbes Bermuda Promotes Kelley to CEO Price Forbes Bermuda announced the promotion of Carrie Kelley to …
Read More US Nuclear Regulator Begins Review on Three Mile Island Restart
U.S. nuclear regulators kicked off a long-winding process to consider Constellation Energy’s unprecedented plans to restart its retired Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in an initial public meeting held on Friday. Constellation, which announced last month that it had …
Read More Lyft to Pay $2 Million to Resolve FTC Suit Over Driver Pay
Lyft Inc. agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission accusing the ride-hailing company of deceiving drivers about how much they would earn when consumer demand picked up after the pandemic. The agency …
Read More Connecticut Declares State of Emergency, Burn Ban Due to Severe Fire Conditions
The state of Connecticut on Saturday instituted a ban on the use of outdoor grills, firepits, and campfires, and the kindling and use of flame outdoors in all state parks, forests, and wildlife management areas due to statewide severe fire …
Read More Rebuilding from Hurricanes Hinges on Immigrants at Center of US Election
The efforts to rebuild in Southeastern states after a pair of destructive hurricanes are at risk of being drawn out by shortages of a critical supply of workers: migrants. Builders are anxious about proposals laid out by Donald Trump that …
Read More UN Climate Chief Warns of Looming ‘Trainwreck’ as 1.5C Warming Limit in Doubt
The world is on course to miss a target for cutting emissions this decade by an overwhelming amount, new UN analysis shows, meaning more dangerous global warming is likely. Total emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2030 will only …
Read More Gas Stoves Linked to 40,000 Premature Deaths in Europe Annually
Gas stoves in European homes are associated with tens of thousands of premature deaths, a study has found. Nearly 40,000 early deaths each year in the EU and UK can be linked to exposure to nitrogen dioxide from burning gas …
Read More Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Australia’s Via Financial Group
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-headquartered broker, announced the acquisition of Australia’s Via Financial Group Pty Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Sydney, New South Wales, Via Financial Group provides financial planning, wealth …
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