Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law violates the state Constitution in several ways and should be struck down, an attorney for two state lawmakers and a firefighter’s organization told a state Supreme Court referee. “There are some very, very disturbing aspects,” …
Swiss Re Ltd., the world’s second- largest reinsurer, agreed to buy an 11 percent stake in Sul America SA from ING Groep NV to expand in Brazil. The reinsurer will also purchase a 3.8 percent holding in Rio de Janeiro-based …
Cook Maran & Associates, an insurance broker and consulting firm with offices in East Hampton, Southampton and Melville, N.Y. as well as in Marlton and Fair Lawn, N.J., promoted six staff members to vice president. Named vice presidents are Maureen …
SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC named John Paganas a vice president in its Irvine, Calif. office. Prior to joining SCM, Paganas was a business development associate at National Insurance Brokerage of New York and a project manager at Turner Construction. SCM …
The board of directors for California’s State Fund Compensation Insurance approved a $100 million dividend to qualifying policyholders for the 2013 policy year. The dividend represents roughly 8.6 percent of policyholders’ 2012 estimated annual premium. “State Fund has made significant …
Scientists have developed a new computer modeling technique that offers the promise, for the first time, of producing continually updated daylong predictions of wildfire growth throughout the lifetime of long-lived blazes. The technique, devised by scientists at the National Center …
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is under pressure from some businesses to reduce the information they may soon have to collect and report to the IRS under the health law known as Obamacare, including the birth dates and Social Security …
A New York congresswoman being treated for lung cancer has filed a lawsuit claiming exposure to asbestos as a young woman may have contributed to her disease. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy filed the lawsuit last month in state Supreme Court in …
The Garden-Fresh Foods plant in Milwaukee, Wis., has halted production and reassigned about 100 employees because of product recalls, the company said Nov. 16. Garden-Fresh has recalled tons of products in eight separate recalls since the end of August. The …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a lumber and shingle manufacturer for safety violations that resulted in the death of a worker at its plant in Superior, Wis. OSHA cited White Cedar Shingles & Lumber for nine …
