Monthly Archives: <span>June 2021</span>

Families Pray for ‘Miracle’ With 159 Missing in Florida Condo Collapse

SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue workers scouring the debris of a collapsed condo building in a Miami suburb said they heard sounds in the rubble overnight, as officials on Friday raised the number of people unaccounted for to 159 and the …

Claims People: Snapsheet, Clara Analytics, Renfroe

Snapsheet Promotes Cohen to President Snapsheet, a Chicago-based provider of claims management software, promoted Andy Cohen to president. Cohen will remain chief operating officer at Snapsheet. In his expanded role as president/COO, he will lead “go-to-market activities” across the suite …

Mexico Rejected Tainted Pork at US Border Before Barring Smithfield Plant

MEXICO CITY — Mexican inspectors have rejected three pork skin cargos at the U.S.-Mexico border since April from the biggest U.S. pork plant operated by industry giant Smithfield Foods as well as another shipper, the country’s health safety agency told …

Agreement in Principle Reached Over Suez Canal Ship Dispute

ISMAILIA — The owners and insurers of a giant cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March have reached agreement in principle in a compensation dispute with the canal authority, their representative and the canal’s chairman said on Wednesday. …

Bezos’ 2021 Space Odyssey a Risk Too Far for Insurers

Launching one of the richest individuals on earth into orbit has proved a leap too far for insurers, who are not ready to price the risk of losing Jeff Bezos or his fellow space travelers. Amazon CEO Bezos, a lifelong …

Repair Shop Owner Pleads Guilty To Insurance Fraud Charges

WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — A man who used sledgehammers and mallets to further damage customers’ vehicles at the two auto body shops he owned in an effort to cheat insurance companies has pleaded guilty to dozens of charges, prosecutors said. …

Jim Bakker, His Church Settle Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Claims

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses the TV pastor of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure the coronavirus. Missouri court records show …

High Court: Armed Ohio School Employees Require Training

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — School districts that allow employees to be armed must also require police-level training for those workers, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a victory for a group of parents who challenged a local district’s …

Judge Rejects Spouse’s Wrongful Death Suit Against Airline Over Lax Covid Safety

Citing a concern over “opening the floodgates” to litigation, a federal judge has dismissed a flight attendant’s negligence lawsuit against her employer, Southwest Airlines, which she blamed for her husband’s death from Covid-19. The flight attendant, Carol Madden, claimed that …

Conn. Judge Rules No Coverage Owed for Wholesaler’s $100M in COVID Losses

A Connecticut judge ruled that The Hartford did not owe coverage to designer footwear wholesaler Marc Fisher for more than $100 million in losses caused by COVID-19 business closures. Waterbury Judicial District Judge Barbara N. Bellis ruled that government orders …