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Judge Dismisses Georgia Lawsuit by Transgender Fire Chief Over Technicality
A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit by a transgender fire chief who led a rural Georgia city’s fire department for more than a decade, then got fired 18 months after first coming to work as a woman. U.S. …
POSTED FEBRUARY 26, 2021 7:28 AM |
SIU Adds Kiernan to Marine Brokerage Team in Georgia
Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (SIU) has added John Kiernan to its Marine Brokerage team. He will be based in Alpharetta, Ga. Kiernan comes to SIU with experience in underwriting all classes of hull, marine liability and recreational marine business. Kiernan …
POSTED FEBRUARY 26, 2021 7:23 AM |
Poms & Associates Adds Roque and Evaniuck in California
Poms & Associates has named Jo Anne Roque vice president of risk services, and Nikki Evaniuck senior account manager. Roque is a member of the Poms & Associates risk services team that serves the New Mexico Public Schools Insurance Authority. …
POSTED FEBRUARY 26, 2021 6:00 AM |
Insurance Employment Impresses With Insurers Adding 20K Jobs During Pandemic
Levels of employment for the insurance industry are “holding up much stronger than the overall economy,” the leader of an insurance search firm said recently, reporting that insurers have added almost 20,000 jobs since March 2020. The actual number, 19,700 …
POSTED FEBRUARY 26, 2021 6:00 AM |
Affirmative Action Foes Ask Supreme Court to Weigh Harvard’s Use of Race in Admissions
Opponents of policies used by universities to increase their numbers of Black and Hispanic students asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to prohibit Harvard University’s consideration of race in undergraduate admissions in a case that could end such affirmative …
POSTED FEBRUARY 26, 2021 6:00 AM |
PPIB in California Names Etter President
Petaluma, Calif.-based Professional Program Insurance Brokerage has promoted Susan Etter to president. Etter will oversee and manage all daily operations of PPIB. The move coincides with the promotion of PPIB founder and current President Susan Preston to vice president of …
POSTED FEBRUARY 26, 2021 6:00 AM |
Risk Management (or Lack Thereof) and Texas’ Deep Freeze Energy Failures
While renewable energy sources such as wind turbines and solar panels fuel a fraction of the state’s energy grid, the bulk of Texas’ power is supplied by natural gas, coal and nuclear plants, with natural gas power plants generating nearly …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 11:50 PM |
Auto Insurers Slam Nevada Pandemic Lawsuits
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association is responding strongly to new litigation the group says is an attempt to capitalize on the ongoing pandemic by targeting the auto insurance marketplace. Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 6:15 PM |
After Texas Power Failures, South Carolina Gov Wants Winter Storm Review of Grid
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants the state’s electric providers to review their power grids to see if they could face problems like what happened in Texas during the recent winter storm. McMaster sent a letter Friday to the Office …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 5:55 PM |
South Dakota AG’s Cellphone Use Before Deadly Crash Questioned
Investigators questioning South Dakota’s attorney general after a fatal car crash pressed him on how he did not realize he had struck a man and whether he had been reading email and checking news sites on his phone immediately before, …
POSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2021 5:33 PM |
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