Archive for April 2022
Emergency Declaration for Multiple Wildfires in New Mexico
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed emergency declarations as 20 wildfires continued to burn Sunday in nearly half of the state’s drought-stricken 33 counties. One wildfire in northern New Mexico that started April … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMinnesota Guard Called Up to Help in Crookston Flood Threat
CROOKSTON, Minn. (AP) — Volunteers and National Guard members in northwestern Minnesota spent two days sandbagging to fortify the city of Crookston from an expected record flood along the Red Lake River. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz authorized 100 members of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreClaims People: Arch, Quality Claims and SCA
Arch Appoints 3 Claims Handlers Arch Insurance International, a global insurer based in London, has appointed Janet Brook, Sheena Hooda and Tilly Milnes as senior claims handlers. Brook and Milnes have joined Arch’s financial institutions claims team. Hooda was appointed … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWalgreens, Teva Face San Francisco Trial Over Opioid Epidemic
San Francisco will square off on Monday against Walgreens Boots Alliance and three other companies accused of fueling an opioid crisis in the city, the first trial to target manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies over the addictive pain medicines. San Francisco … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreInquiries Start Into Missing Japan Tourist Boat, With at Least 11 Dead
TOKYO —Inquiries began into what caused the disappearance of a tour boat off Japan’s northern coast as search efforts intensified on Monday to find the vessel and its missing passengers, with the confirmed death toll rising to 11. The “Kazu … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCalifornia Will Keep Workplace Pandemic Rules Through 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workplace regulators on Thursday extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022, acting more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September. The decision again pitted … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreThree Sentenced in Big Insurance Fraud Scheme to Stage Crashes
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three Louisiana women have been ordered to repay a total of $5.5 million to companies defrauded in a scheme to stage wrecks. Keishira Richardson, 27, Chandrika Brown, 31, and Aisha Thompson, 44, are among 36 people … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBoys Scouts Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of BSA Warehouse
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has approved the organization’s request to sell its warehouse and distribution center in North Carolina for roughly $13.5 million and lease back the property from the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreRescuers Reach 4 of 10 Miners Missing at Coal Mine in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Rescue workers in southern Poland have reached four of the 10 miners who went missing early Saturday after a powerful underground tremor and methane gas discharge hit, mining authorities said. It was the second coal mine … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWildfires Merge in New Mexico, Threatening Rural Villages
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Maggie Mulligan said her dogs could sense the panic while she and her husband packed them up, agonized over having to leave horses behind and fled a fast-moving wildfire barreling toward their home in northeast … Source: Claims Journal
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