Rescue teams have confirmed the death of a second Polish coal miner and are searching for three more trapped nearly a kilometer underground after a quake, the chief executive of the mine owner said. The quake hit the Borynia-Zofiowka-Jastrzebie coal …
Former insurance producer Matthew Gingerich, 37, of Centralia, Wash., recently pleaded guilty to first-degree theft in Lewis County Superior Court. Gingerich was accused of misappropriating more than $30,000 in consumers’ premium payments. He is set to serve 90 days of …
Michael Williams, 34, of Daly City, Calif., has been arrested on 21 felony counts of insurance fraud and grand theft after allegedly working for multiple employers while collecting over $85,000 in workers’ compensation benefits from two different insurers. In November …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced it premiered a new documentary on Hurricane Harvey this week before 1,000 first responders at this year’s Coastal Bend Hurricane Conference in Robstown. The video describes the catastrophic damage and the people who …
Thousands of ancient clay tablets, seals and other Iraqi archaeological objects that were smuggled into the U.S. and shipped to the head of the Oklahoma-based arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby were returned to the Iraqi government on Wednesday. The …
Kansas legislators are moving to ban taxpayer-funded settlements of sexual harassment claims against state officials and block non-disclosure agreements in harassment cases. House and Senate negotiators have agreed to include a provision in budget legislation that would prohibit any state …
An independent accreditation institute is being created by the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), based in Park Ridge, Illinois. The institute will debut this summer. The fee-based program will certify an applying organization’s occupational safety and health products and …
The mayors of the Lake Superior twin port cities near last week’s oil refinery explosion and fire are calling on its owners to stop using a dangerous chemical compound at the site. Husky Energy in Superior is one of about …
Federal labor officials say an Arkansas company has paid nearly $709,000 to settle overtime and minimum wage claims stemming from the cleanup of Louisiana floods in 2016. The U.S. Department of Labor said that Wallace, Rush, Schmidt Inc. had failed …
Newport Beach, California-based Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Engel Agency Inc., located in the Chicago area. Family owned and operated, Engel Agency, led by President Paul Engelhard, has a strong institutional knowledge of the Illinois insurance market. The company has …
