New Mexico’s Bernalillo County will pay almost $2 million to settle a series of lawsuits stemming from a deputy’s 2017 fatal shooting of two unarmed suspects. KRQE-TV reports the county will make a $1.75 million payout to resolve litigation in …
Two California school districts will pay most of a roughly $5 million settlement to a girl who was sexually abused by a former high school teacher. Jeremy Monn is serving a seven-year sentence after being convicted in 2015 for having …
A federal judge has awarded $50,000 in damages to a woman who accused a former Louisiana police chief of sexually assaulting her in his office while she was drunk and he was on duty. U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick ruled …
A small community in Louisiana disbanded its troubled police force more than a year ago, but the town hasn’t shaken a scandal that fueled the department’s collapse and ousted its elected police chief. A federal judge ruled on June 5 …
Liberty Mutual Insurance has created a new practice dedicated to schools, municipalities and other public entities, and has appointed Susan L. Kostro as chief underwriting officer, Public Entity. Kostro will be responsible for growing Liberty Mutual’s book of education and …
Two men have been charged with felony theft after more than 130 calculators worth about $17,000 were stolen from a Central Texas school. Round Rock police spokeswoman Angelique Myers on said investigators are seeking three more suspects. The thefts happened …
Euclid Managers, an underwriting manager and program administrator based in Itasca, Ill., announced the appointment of Chris Golonka as senior vice president and manager of its public entity division. Golonka was previously vice president of the public entity group at …
Travelers has enhanced its public entity management liability (PEML) policy that provides limited special expenses coverage reimbursement related to the replacement of key employees in the event of a death or medically confirmed situation that results in their resignation or …
Trident Insurance Services, LLC, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., has formed an exclusive business relationship with The McGowan Cos. to offer access to its public entity insurance program in Pennsylvania. The public entity insurance program—underwritten by Trident …
The Livingston Parish School Board will cut the district’s property insurance coverage in half to keep from paying an additional $224,000 in annual premiums. The Advocate reports the board voted unanimously to lower the district’s property insurance policy limit from …
