Two couples were awarded nearly $4.25 million on March 10 after a federal jury found one of the largest natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania polluted their well water. The verdict came at the end of a bitter and long-running federal …
John Q. Doyle, who was ousted from the executive ranks of American International Group in a management shakeup in December, is joining global insurance broker Marsh. Marsh said it has appointed Doyle as president, effective April 15. In this newly-created …
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart is advising consumers to beware of unscrupulous tax preparers this tax-filing season. Stewart said that the Department of Insurance has received reports of tax preparers who are wrongly informing Delawareans without health insurance that …
Massachusetts’ highest court recently ruled in a case of first impression that a workers’ compensation insurer is not entitled to a lien on the money awarded to claimants for pain and suffering. This ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court …
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance said this month that it has opened an investigation into Zenefits, a troubled insurance software startup. Founded in 2013, the San Francisco-based Zenefits offers software to small- and mid-sized businesses to help automate their HR …
Federal labor officials said at an average of 4.7 percent, the Midwest had the lowest regional unemployment rate in the nation in December 2015. Despite some job losses, North Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate of all states at the …
A new study from the American Automobile Association (AAA) reveals that pothole damage has cost U.S. drivers $15 billion in vehicle repairs over the last five years, or about $3 billion annually. AAA is urging state and local governments to …
Andreas Kleiner has been named president and chief executive officer of American Modern Insurance Group, a subsidiary of Munich Re, effective May 1. Kleiner has served as a member of the board of management for ERGO International since 2007. The …
Federal safety regulators say a southeast Nebraska company wrongfully fired a driver who refused to operate a truck that violated Iowa law. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release that Jake Rieger …
The national youth football organization, Pennsylvania-based Pop Warner, has settled a lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by the mother of a man who committed suicide, allegedly as a result of suffering numerous head injuries as child playing in a Pop Warner …
