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March 31, 2023Texas Department of Insurance Updates COVID Data Call Results
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updated COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims data, with insurance carriers reporting 98,000 COVID-19 claims and 468 fatalities through February 2023. DWC put out a data call w …

March 31, 20236 People, 5 of Them Children, Injured by Carbon Monoxide in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Six people, five of them children, were hospitalized in critical condition after being exposed to carbon monoxide, apparently from a running vehicle at their home, according to fire officials in Fort Worth, Texas. Fire Depart …

March 31, 2023Wisconsin Roofing General Contract Fined $28K for Unsafe Work Conditions
Federal workplace safety inspectors have found that Security-Luebke Roofing Inc. – one of Fox Valley’s largest roofing general contractors – allowed a roofing subcontractor to expose workers to potentially deadly falls at an Appleton, Wisconsin w …

March 31, 2023Judge Awards $4.7M Verdict in Chicago Police Chase Crash
CHICAGO (AP) – A Cook County jury awarded nearly $5 million Wednesday to the family of an 84-year-old retired teacher who was killed when a police cruiser crashed into a police van and careened into a car in which she …

March 31, 2023Fiery Train Derailment in Minnesota Forces Evacuations
RAYMOND, Minn. (AP) – A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said. The BNSF train derailed in the town of Raymond, roughly … …

March 31, 2023People Moves: Corvus Insurance Names Gangu President; Watt New Chief Claims Officer at Axis
Prashanth Gangu has been named president of cyber insurtech Corvus Insurance. Most recently president of the insurance and services division and chief operating officer of SiriusPoint, Gangu has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance indus …

March 31, 2023People Moves: Chubb’s Tripp Joins AmTrust as Regional VP for MidAmerica
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. has hired Michael Tripp as regional vice president, head of MidAmerica region. Tripp joins New York, New York-based AmTrust from Chubb, where he spent the last four years as national vice president, small business sal …

March 31, 2023Justice Dept Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit late Thursday against Norfolk Southern Corp. to ensure that the company pays the full cost of cleanup and any long-term effects of the derailment in Ohio of one of its freight trains in …

March 31, 2023Massachusetts to Investigate First Republic Executives’ Stock Sales: Reuters
Massachusetts regulators have opened an investigation into sales of company stock by top executives at First Republic Bankin the weeks leading up to the recent banking turmoil. Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin told Reuters …

March 31, 2023AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Virginia’s Northern Neck Insurance
AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Northern Neck Insurance Co. of Irvington, Virginia. AM Best said the … …