Louisiana’s not seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment increased by 26,000 jobs from July 2017 to 1,980,200, marking 10 consecutive months of increases, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported. Over the same time period, not seasonally adjusted private sector employment increased by 28,500 …
The Houston City Council voted unanimously to purchase $30 million in cyber insurance coverage at a total premium cost of $471,000. The policy provides first-party coverage for the city’s operations, third-party coverage for the city’s liability to others, and coverage …
Investigators seeking the cause of Chicago’s deadliest fire in well over a decade were searching the porch area where the blaze started for evidence of fireworks, cigarettes or other smoking materials, a fire official said. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford …
Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Mark Maday as assistant property/casualty underwriter in the company’s Arlington Heights, Illinois, office. Maday is responsible for underwriting new and renewal business, corresponding with carrier underwriters, and assisting independent …
CorLife LLC, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based provider of ancillary benefits and home modification services for workers’ compensation carriers nationwide, has added a new company, CorCare LLC, which provides skilled, home health services to workers’ comp insurers. CoreCare offers all levels …
Tulsa’s market growth for cannabis-derived products without the high of THC was inevitable regardless of Oklahoma’s medical marijuana legalization, according to advocates. Proponents of medical marijuana have fielded questions about whether entrepreneurs are opening cannabidiol, or CBD, shops with the …
A government panel has recommended that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) pay compensation of at least $28,500 to each Indian patient who suffered from artificial hip implants the U.S. healthcare firm recalled eight years ago. The ASR hip implants were recalled …
Construction crews have already put up the frame on Cheri Sharp’s new house, but she still questions whether rebuilding was the right choice after California’s most destructive wildfire took her old home in wine country nearly a year ago. She’s …
A jury has awarded a New Mexico couple $74 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a son left with brain damage. KOB-TV in Albuquerque reported the jury this month ruled that a women’s health clinic in Hobbs, New Mexico, …
AP Intego Insurance Group has named Pamela Victor director of West Coast operations. The company announced its plan to open a West Coast sales, service and business development office in the San Francisco Bay Area with Victor leading the new …
