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Maine Plane Crash Victims Worked for Luxury Travel Startup Led by Texas Lawyer

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Investigation Into Maine Plane Crash That Killed 6 Held Back by Weather

The six people killed in a fiery plane crash in Maine were flying to France’s Champagne region to scope out the next travel destination for high-net-worth clients when their small jet flipped on the runway during takeoff. They included an acclaimed chef, a sommelier and an event planner working for Tara Arnold, 46, a Houston […]

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17 Former NC State Athletes Join Lawsuit Alleging Abuse by Former Trainer

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17 Former NC State Athletes Join Lawsuit Alleging Abuse by Former Trainer

Seventeen additional former N.C. State male athletes have joined a state lawsuit alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine, pushing the total number to 31 in a case that began with a federal lawsuit from a single athlete more than three years ago. The

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XPT Specialty Hires Goedeke as Underwriter/Broker

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XPT Specialty Hires Goedeke as Underwriter/Broker

Kyle Goedeke XPT Specialty, headquartered in Plano, Texas, hired Kyle Goedeke as an underwriter/broker. Goedeke has nearly a decade of experience across wholesale brokerage, underwriting, and excess and surplus (E&S) line placements. In his role at XPT Specialty, Goedeke will underwrite and place a wide range of commercial P&C binding business, with a focus on

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Against Judge’s Orders, New Hampshire Doubles Down to End Emissions Testing

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Federal Judge Puts Brakes on New Hampshire Plan to Abolish Car Inspections

On Wednesday, just over a week after a U.S. District Court judge ordered New Hampshire to take all necessary steps to continue its vehicle inspection program, the New Hampshire Executive Council voted to let the state’s emissions testing contract expire. Republished from New Hampshire Bulletin At an emergency meeting, the council voted, 3-2, against a

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Chlorofluorocarbon Replacements Cause Vast ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution: Research

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Chlorofluorocarbon Replacements Cause Vast ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution: Research

The chemical trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is a breakdown product of numerous chemicals, including CFC replacement gases used in refrigeration and air conditioning, pharmaceuticals such as gases used in inhalation anaesthesia, pesticides, solvents and other forever chemicals from a class known as per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Concentrations of TFA have been increasing in rainwater, drinking water,

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Massachusetts Approves Liberty Mutual Reorganization Involving 3 Domestic Mutuals

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

Liberty Mutual has received approval to convert three domestic mutual insurance affiliates into stock companies and then merge them into a new wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Holding Company (LMHC). The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has approved the reorganizations of Montgomery Mutual Insurance Co., Liberty Mutual Mid-Atlantic Insurance Co. and Patrons Mutual Insurance Co. of

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Q4 Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 4%, in 6th Quarterly Decline: Marsh

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Outlook on Reinsurance Has Changed; Pre-2023 Property Pricing Is Back: AM Best

Global commercial insurance rates declined by 4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of rate decreases, after seven years of increases, according to the Global Insurance Market Index published by Marsh Risk, a business of Marsh. “Growing competition among insurers, coupled with a favorable loss environment and reinsurance pricing, were

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Ohio Couple Sentenced for Arson in $2M Insurance Fraud Scheme

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

An Ohio couple have been sentenced for devising a scheme to collect more than $2 million dollars in insurance money by conspiring to set insured houses on fire, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio announced this week. Lonnie White, 48, from Willoughby Hills, Ohio, was sentenced to 53 months in prison by Chief

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China to Ban ‘Hidden’ Car Door Handles to Address Safety Fears

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China to Ban ‘Hidden’ Car Door Handles to Address Safety Fears

China will ban ‘hidden’ car door handles from 2027, becoming the first country to phase out a design pioneered by Tesla and adopted by Chinese competitors including Xiaomi. The hidden handle design, which functions through a key fob or mobile phone or by manually pressing it, has drawn scrutiny in both the United States and

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