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Axis Capital Rules Out Insuring Arctic Oil and Gas Projects
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. said it won’t insure oil and gas projects in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, becoming the first North American underwriter to make the commitment after pressure from native Alaskans and environmentalists. The move follows similar pledges … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTsunami at Lake Tahoe? Researcher Says it Could Happen Again
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) _ The past year was such a wild ride that even the thought of a tsunami at Lake Tahoe probably doesn’t sound out of reason. Several thousand years ago, according to Richard Schweickert, a retired University of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSome in the GOP Parrot Far-Right Talk of a Coming Civil War
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — War-like imagery has begun spreading in Republican circles after the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters, with some elected officials and party leaders rejecting pleas to tone down rhetoric … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreIndonesian Teams Find More Bodies From Quake That Killed 78
MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers on Sunday retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by a strong earthquake, raising the death toll to 78, while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear access … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreRecords: Trump Allies Behind Rally That Ignited Capitol Riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans of President Donald Trump’s failed reelection campaign had key roles in orchestrating the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to an Associated Press review of records, undercutting the grassroots image … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAnalysis: Mississippi Flood-Control Fight Unresolved as Trump Departs
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Farmers and environmentalists have been arguing for decades over proposals for a massive federal flood-control project in the south Mississippi Delta. The fight is continuing into a new presidential administration. Four conservation groups are suing the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBus Driver in Dramatic Bridge Plunge Says it ‘Just Took Off’
NEW YORK (AP) — The driver of a New York City bus that plunged off a bridge blamed the dramatic crash on mechanical failure, saying Saturday that the tandem vehicle “just took off” as he slowed into a turn. Everton … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreClaims Business: Sapiens and Click-Ins, QME and Velocity EHS, Cotton Holdings and Stellar Restoration
Sapiens Partners With Click-Ins Click-Ins is teaming up with Sapiens International to offer vehicle-damage inspection and assessment platform in insurance carriers. Click-Ins said in a press release that its product is now offered along with Sapiens CoreSuite for P&C product … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreU.S. Exempts Self-Driving Vehicles From Some Crash Standards
The outgoing Trump administration said on Thursday it was issuing new rules that would allow manufacturers of automated vehicles to bypass some crash standards required of conventional vehicles, which would cut production costs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreToyota Settles U.S. Probe Into Delayed Emissions Defect Reports For $180 Million
WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp settled a lengthy Justice Department civil probe into its delayed filing of emissions-related defect reports for $180 million, the government said on Thursday. Reuters first reported the expected settlement, which resolves the violations of the … Source: Claims Journal
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