Insurance
USDA to Enhance Crop Insurance for Michigan Blueberry Producers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is enhancing Federal crop insurance for blueberry producers in Michigan beginning in the 2025 crop year. This change will enable producers to receive different pricing and optional units for three seasonal types of blueberries …
Read More Nebraska Funeral Home Discovers Hospice Patient Declared Dead Was Actually Alive
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska funeral home discovered that a 74-year-old hospice patient who was declared dead by her nursing home two hours earlier was actually still alive, so workers started CPR and she was rushed to a hospital, …
Read More Artemis Risk Solutions Launches Insurance Brokerage, Names Executive Team
Artemis Risk Solutions, a recently formed insurance brokerage specializing in employee benefit solutions, property & casualty, and personal lines formally has announced its launch. Co-founded by industry veterans Clint Anderson, Chief Revenue Officer, and David Lamb, President, P&C, Artemis is …
Read More Mississippi River Flooding is Pushing People Out of Their Homes, Data Shows
WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Commerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many once-thriving river towns. But persistent and sometimes devastating flooding has added to the woes of some of those towns. …
Read More US Inflation Report Offers a Break for Price-Weary Consumers
US consumers, unaccustomed to falling prices for the past several years, were able to breathe a little bit easier last month as many necessities — from groceries to gasoline to car insurance — became cheaper. Even many discretionary goods and …
Read More HHS Says UnitedHealth Can Notify Patients of Data Breach
U.S. healthcare providers can ask UnitedHealth Group to notify people whose data was exposed during a hack on the company’s Change Healthcare unit in February, according to an update on the health department’s website. The news comes as a relief …
Read More Former Florida Fire Captain Charged with Padding Living Expenses on Citizens Claim
A retired south Florida fire captain has been arrested for insurance fraud, charged with vastly overstating the number of nights he was forced to stay in a resort hotel while his home was under repair. Florida’s chief financial officer said …
Read More Hiscox Appoints Plymouth Rock’s Boyd to US CEO
Hiscox appointed Mary Boyd CEO of its U.S. business unit to replace Kevin Kerridge, who is stepping down after 30 years in the business. Boyd, who will join specialist insurer Hiscox on June 24, was CEO of Plymouth Rock Assurance’s …
Read More People Moves: Ames & Gough Adds Risk Strategies’ McGrath and Markel’s Stanchina
Virginia-based specialty insurance broker Ames & Gough has appointed Kevin McGrath as a client executive and vice president focusing on design firm clients. Based in Boston, McGrath began his career in insurance in 2014, serving as claims manager with Beazley …
Read More Elon Musk Withdraws Lawsuit Against OpenAI
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday moved to dismiss his lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the startup’s original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity and not for profit. Attorneys …
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