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'Living with COVID and flourishing with COVID'
The Sagicor Group says it has used the COVID-19 crisis to ramp up its innovations in the insurance and banking sectors, and continues to participate in stimulating the economy, while protecting its staff and
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The African Insurance Company (1810-1813)
In 1810 The African Insurance Company was created with offices located at 159 Lombard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  It was the first African American-owned insurance company in the United States. The first president was Joseph Randolph while Cyrus Porter was treasurer and William Coleman
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(1968) Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
The following speech, a sermon Dr. Martin Luther King gave at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968, was the last public appearance before his assassination the next day.  King, in Memphis to support a strike by garbage workers, gives a poignant vision of the victorious future of the
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1968
Marathon extends helping hand to nation’s teachers
Hundreds of Jamaican teachers who are clients of Marathon Insurance Brokers (MIB) are set to enjoy a special cash giveback over the next two
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
COVID-19 testing now available in northeast Wichita, no symptoms required
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A COVID-19 drive-thru testing site with less-strict requirements than other clinics brought in dozens of people on its first
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State Approves County’s Plan To Allow Limited Opening Of Businesses
King County Executive Dow Constantine announced today that state public health officials approved the county’s request to allow limited openings of businesses in King
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Uganda: Insurance Sector Expects Shs248b Dip in Premiums
Uganda's insurance industry could register a 50 per cent decline in premiums owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, preliminary indicators by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) have
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Jun
15
1975
Durkan Announces Free Citywide COVID-19 Testing
Following King County’s application to advance to a modified phase one in Governor Inslee’s updated “Safe Start Washington” plan, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced today, the launch of free Citywide testing at two locations in north and south
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Source: https://seattlemedium.com
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ATL Federal Reserve President and Jax Partnership Aundra Wallace Zoom In On Nations Economic Recovery – Free Press of Jacksonville
Since February of this year, Covid-19 pandemic has made its way into the homes and businesses of Northeast Florida
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?
Collective African American net income (spending power) now exceeds $1 trillion dollars annually. Because of this economic reality, a wide variety of contemporary companies continually create marketing campaigns to effectively reach this important segment of the U.S. consumer market. Yet, in the
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Total Primary Care Offers the First COVID-19 Antibody Test in Texas Approved by FDA for EUA Use
Total Primary Care has become the first medical provider in Texas to secure and offer a COVID-19 antibody test approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for EUA
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Shooting of Jordan Davis
The shooting of Jordan Davis occurred on Friday, November 23, 2012, at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States by Michael David Dunn, a 47-year-old software developer, following an argument over the loud music played by Davis and/or his three friends. Jordan Russell Davis was
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2012
Sanlam delays paying parent group Sh2.8bn
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Caribbean countries renew disaster risk insurance policies
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) says its member governments in the Caribbean have all renewed their parametric insurance coverage for tropical cyclone, excess rainfall, earthquake and fisheries in light of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane
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Jamaica: Unregulated ambulance services, uncertified emergency technicians could be putting public in danger
(Jamaica Gleaner) Three weeks after a probe revealed that most local private hospitals were unregistered, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that the island’s private ambulance service is operating without oversight, putting members of the public at
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Kenya: Faulu Bank Donates Reusable Masks to More Than 10,000 Boda Boda Riders
Nairobi — Microfinance bank, Faulu, through UAP Old Mutual Faulu Foundation will distribute over 10,000 Masks to its Boda Boda Customers countrywide in a bid to contain the spread of COVID
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Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insura
Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insurance company in the state of Florida is ordered liquidated by a Florida circuit court judge.
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Aug
27
1991
Spingarn Medal Awarded: Anthony Overton
Spingarn Medal awarded to Anthony Overton, publisher, insurance executive and cosmetics manufacturer, for his achievements as
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1927
Johnnie Cochran
Johnnie Cochran was a lawyer, who handled several high profile celebrity cases. He was born on October 2, 1937 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He received his Bachelors’ degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959. Initially selling insurance policies for a living, Cochran soon began
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Houston to offer 13 free COVID-19 test sites week of May 18
Houstonians will continue to benefit from easier access to free COVID-19 tests as the Houston Health Department and its partner agencies offer 13 testing sites across the city the week of May 18, focusing on vulnerable
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ESPN's Jay Williams Is Building a Business Empire Behind the Scenes
Jay Williams is one of the most recognizable faces on ESPN, with roles as both a college basketball and NBA analyst and as host of a sports business show that airs on
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Telisa Yancy
Telisa Yancy is the Vice President of Marketing for American Family Insurance. In this role, Yancy and her team spearheaded a re-positioning of the 85 year old company. Yancy earned a Silver Effie Award in 2013 for the effectiveness of her team’s marketing and communications efforts in the
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When a man’s word was ‘worth a tonne in gold’
Within a month, he had smoked all 24 of these great cigars and without even having made his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance
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Houston Health Department Announces Additional COVID-19 Testing Sites
Free COVID-19 tests will be offered by the Houston Health Department (HHD) and its agency partners at new and continuing sites during the week of May
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Let’s keep our promise to South L.A.
Community Hospital (MLKCH), which serves a safety-net population of over 1 million highly-vulnerable people in South Los
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Earvin Magic Johnson's Equitrust funds over $100 million for minority and women owned businesses
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, majority owner of EquiTrust, the nation’s largest minority-owned insurance company, announced a $100 million partnership with MBE Capital Partners, the largest certified minority-owned asset-based lender, and the National Action
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Testing where the people are –
Harper and Santiago know each other, but Santiago doesn’t represent Daytona Beach’s Black community in the Florida
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Medics suspend strike after talks
Thousands of health workers on Sunday agreed to suspend a strike notice that was to start Monday after reaching a deal with the
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