Archive for July 2017

By Don Jergler Wyoming is working with quarterback Josh Allen on obtaining an insurance policy in case Allen suffers an injury that might diminish his prospects for the NFL. Allen is considered by many to be among the top college quarterbacks in the … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler A top California state official said he was a passenger on an Air Canada jet that nearly landed on a taxiway where four other planes were sitting rather than the designated runway at San Francisco International Airport earlier this week. … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

A new study reaffirms predictions that parts of coastal Virginia will face chronic flooding if nothing is done about sea-level rise. The Union of Concerned Scientists said Wednesday that a city like Poquoson, Va., could experience routine inundation on 30 … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Amy O’Connor A Kentucky county’s largest private employer has been fined $21,000 following the deaths of two employees in unrelated accidents last October. The State Journal obtained files through an open-records request that show the Kentucky Labor Cabinet’s Office of Occupational Safety … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler Colorado’s Democratic governor added his state to a dozen others endorsing the Paris global accord on climate change even as President Donald Trump withdraws the nation from the agreement. Gov. John Hickenlooper said the state would also set a goal … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler Investigators have determined that lightning ignited a wildfire that has burned about 3 square miles of timber in southeast Wyoming. The fire burning in the Keystone area of Medicine Bow National Forest began July 3. After growing quickly last week, … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler Relief was arriving after a rough stretch of wildfires all around the U.S. West, with firefighters slowly surrounding once-fierce blazes and evacuees starting to stream back home. Authorities surveying the damage from a blaze in Northern California this week said … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By L.S. Howard The Hyperledger Project, a group led by the Linux Foundation, has released its first blockchain code that can be used by large businesses to build software. The group, whose more than 120 members include International Business Machines Corp, Cisco Systems … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Stephanie K. Jones IFG Companies, based in Chicago, has added Joseph P. Hoffmann (Joe) as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Hoffmann, who will be located in IFG’s Chicago office, will report to Christopher Lewis, group president, and will serve as a … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal