A southwest Missouri woman has been awarded $20.6 million in damages after federal jurors found that a company exposed her to a toxic chemical that left her with permanent disabilities. The Joplin Globe reports that a jury hearing Jodelle Kirk’s …
An insurer trade group says it estimates that damage caused by hailstorms that rolled through the Fort Worth area last week will reach $600 million in auto and property claims. Mark Hanna, a spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas, …
More than half the counties in Oklahoma are under a red flag warning as extreme fire conditions are expected through today. Oklahoma Forestry Services officials say the warning affects 44 counties — particularly in northwestern Oklahoma, where some wind gusts …
Legislation addressing insurance gaps for commercial rideshare drivers has been signed by South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) reported. House Bill 1091 was approved by the South Dakota Legislature March 10, 2016. PCI …
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled for more than 3,000 workers at a Tyson Foods Inc. pork-processing plant in Iowa in a pay dispute with the company. The justices voted 6-2 on to reject new limits Tyson asked them to …
NJM Insurance Group, one of New Jersey’s leading automobile insurers, has hired Violet Marrero as its consumer safety administrator. She is based in NJM’s West Trenton, New Jersey, headquarters office.
Brit Ltd., the global specialty insurer, has launched a Lloyd’s consortium for commercial general aviation. Now quoting business, the consortium is being led by Brit with capacity also being provided by Kiln, Hiscox, Apollo and Pritchard, and is the only …
A maintenance worker at Yellowstone National Park in Montana said a park concession company retaliated against him after he reported that he and five other employees were exposed to asbestos at a more than century-old lodge. Jon Kline told The …
Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has hired Cindy Prouty as regional vice president of Eastern Massachusetts.
An escalator fire sent smoke billowing into parts of Las Vegas’ glitzy Caesars Palace, sending three hotel workers to the hospital with smoke inhalation and leading to an evacuation early Monday, officials said. The blaze reported about 3:30 a.m. came …
