Mississippi Residents Affected by February Floods Eligible for Disaster Aid
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Mississippi businesses and residents who were hurt by Pearl River flooding in February are now eligible to receive disaster assistance. Gov. Tate Reeves, in a news release Thursday, said the U.S. Small Business Administration approved his request to make low-interest …

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Oklahoma Lawmakers Call for First Responder Workers’ Comp Coverage for COVID-19
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A group of Republican lawmakers from the Oklahoma House of Representatives are asking the Oklahoma Municipal League (OML), Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group (OMAG), CompSource Oklahoma and self-funded municipalities to cover and provide workers’ compensation benefits to any first responder testing …

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Second Racial Bias Case Against Cable TV Wins Second Look
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision to let comedian-turned-media executive Byron Allen’s $10 billion lawsuit accusing cable television operator Charter Communications Inc. of discriminating against black-owned channels move forward. The justices sent …

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Officials: South Carolina Nuclear Plant Employees Violated Safety Procedures
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Employees at a South Carolina nuclear plant failed to check for fires when making rounds and then falsified log books, federal officials said. The violations of policy happened in 2017 at Duke Energy’s Robinson Nuclear Plant near Hartsville, The Nuclear …

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Activist Fund CIAM Keeps Pressure on Reinsurer SCOR – and its CEO/Chairman Kessler
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The battle between French activist investment fund CIAM and SCOR, which has been waging for more than a year, heated up again recently with yet another push by CIAM to separate the chairman and CEO roles, both held by Denis …

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Insurance Agency Employees Making More Money But Not as Happy
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Insurance agency personnel on average made a little more money in 2019 but they were not as happy as they were in 2018. Nearly all personnel — owners, producers and support staff — enjoyed a slight uptick in average pay. …

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CAC Specialty Adds Trinkleback and Goodier in Colorado
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CAC Specialty has named Robert Trinkleback leader of property/casualty loss control, and Jonathan Goodier vice president and property/casualty claims advocate in Denver, Colo. Trinkleback will help clients improve workplace safety while increasing productivity and reducing costs related to property, workers’ …

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Govt data reveals lockdown may have flattened the coronavirus spread curve
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The ministry of health and family welfare on Monday said India went from 100 cases to 1,000 cases in 12 days. In comparison, Covid-19 cases in other developed countries rose between 3,500 and 8,000 in the same time frame. According to the ministry, 92 new cases and four deaths have been reported over the last […]

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Telangana sees 6 Corona deaths among those attended Delhi religious prayers
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The two Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have pressed into action hundreds of their surveillance teams after concluding that over a dozen tested positive for Covid-19 including six dead were among the family members of those participated in Delhi prayers. Those returned from Delhi prayers were learnt to have participated in prayers at […]

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