There’s No ‘Typical’ Day at Work for Whirlpool’s Director of Risk Management May 15, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones How do you incorporate a sustainable and cohesive enterprise risk management system across a company that has nearly 100,000 employees,...
Officials: Michigan Traffic Deaths Rose by 10% in 2016 May 15, 2017 Michigan traffic deaths rose by 10 percent last year, according to state safety officials. According to the Michigan Office of...
Michigan Workplace Fatalities Rise in 2016 May 15, 2017 A state agency says 43 people were killed on the job in Michigan last year, and that’s the state’s highest...
People – Midwest May 15, 2017 Farmington Hills, Mic.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. hired Jayashree Ishwar as chief underwriting officer. Ishwar will be accountable for corporate...
Illinois’ Cost per Workers’ Comp Claim Trending Down May 15, 2017 The average total cost of a workers’ compensation claim in Illinois has dropped by 6.4 percent since 2010, but the...
Nevada Lawmakers Pushing Blood-Only Detection of Marijuana DUIs May 15, 2017 By Alison Noon Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure to eliminate urine samples as...
Earthquake Authority Creates Online Home Vulnerability Evaluator May 15, 2017 The California Earthquake Authority has created an online tool to help home inspection specialists evaluate a house’s vulnerability to earthquake...
Idaho City Assessing Flood Risks Prior to Federal Maps Release May 15, 2017 Boise, Idaho, officials have expressed concerns with federal maps that propose adding hundreds of acres to a flood plain in...
Weak Safety Standards Caused California Exxon Refinery Blast, Agency Says May 15, 2017 By Erwin Seba and Liz Hampton The U.S. Chemical Safety Board concluded in a report issued earlier this month that a 2015 explosion at a Torrance,...
Oregon Suit Blames Security Guard for Woman’s Leap off Insurance Building May 15, 2017 The family of a woman who jumped off a 27-story building in downtown Portland, Ore., has sued the security guard...