Nassau officials are scrambling to find new health insurance for thousands of civil service employees after a plan to provide them with less coverage backfired, leaving a $43 million hole in the 2024 county budget. The roughly 4,200 county employees represented by CSEA Local 830, the county’s largest employee union, agreed last year to move
BUCKHANNON – Really Really Free Market members say a new ordinance approved at a recent city council meeting unfairly discriminates against low-income people. At Buckhannon City Council’s Aug. 15 meeting, RRFM representatives pushed back against Ordinance 470, urging city council […] Read the full story. Join My Buckhannon today. Become a premium member to unlock
Los Angeles CNN — After the 2018 Camp Fire – the deadliest wildfire in California’s history – engulfed Michael and Kristy Daneau’s Paradise home, the couple and their four daughters were forced to move 30 miles away to find a home they could afford. They moved to Cohasset to buy a home with money they received
NEW YORK — Shopping around for a car? You’re in luck. Shopping around for a new auto insurance policy? Better buckle up. New, used and even rental car prices continue to slide while car insurance rates remain vastly elevated. That diverging trend seems counterintuitive: If the price tag for a car has gone down, shouldn’t the
Eunice Rep Phillip DeVillier (R) State lawmakers are looking for ways to reduce auto rates after Marketwatch.com crowned Louisiana the state with the highest full-coverage car insurance rates last week. House Speaker Phillip DeVillier says legislators are trying to figure out why Louisiana is an outlier in auto insurance rates, “so we’re hopeful that
Community efforts to stabilize the home insurance market in lower Puna have stalled, even as Gov. Josh Green takes emergency actions to address skyrocketing condominium insurance rates. Green earlier this month signed an emergency proclamation addressing condo insurance rate increases in the wake of the deadly 2023 Maui wildfires. Although the market was already unsteady
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Insurers and reinsurers ramping up their prices have been sending a “stark signal” to policymakers to limit the risks of new building projects, Hiscox’s chief executive has said, amid rising concerns over insurability. The cost
At the 2024 NBA Draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves made one of the biggest moves of the night, trading into the top-10 to grab Kentucky guard Rob Dillingham. In the pre-draft process, Dillingham gained acclaim averaging 15.2 points, 3.9 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game in his lone season with the Wildcats. There were questions about
Dallas, Texas–(Newsfile Corp. – August 17, 2024) – Industry innovator, Churchwell Insurance Agency, a rapidly growing independent agency focused on public companies is proud to announce that its founder and principal, Chaz Churchwell, has been invited to speak at the National Investment Bankers Association (NIBA) 150th investment conference. The event, which will be held on
A man who authorities say acted as a public insurance adjuster and defrauded policyholders in Broward County out of almost $35,000 is facing charges–again. Giorgio Giovanni Gonzalez, 38, is charged with two counts of acting as a public adjuster in the third degree after he allegedly represented himself as a licensed adjuster and “unlawfully withheld”