September 28, 2018
MoviePass. Consumers love it, consumers hate it. Savior of the movie theater, destroyer of the movie theater. It’s one of the most hotly-debated companies of the past five years, particularly as industry analysts try to dissect the business – as …
September 28, 2018
Shortly after last year’s shooting massacre on the Las Vegas strip, Ohio Gov. John Kasich convened a panel to explore possible reforms to state gun laws. A Republican, Kasich wanted to be sure its members clearly supported the Second Amendment. …
September 28, 2018
A Tennessee jury has awarded $7,500 for each body at issue in a class-action lawsuit against several funeral homes and a now-closed cemetery where hundreds of bodies were mishandled. The Commercial Appeal reports the jury’s decision was rendered Tuesday, a …
September 28, 2018
A federal appellate panel on Monday overturned an order that would have required the nation’s largest public utility to unearth and remove a massive amount of coal ash at one of its Tennessee power plants. In a 2-1 decision, the …
September 28, 2018
Flash floods trapped people in homes and vehicles in north Alabama on Wednesday, as heavy rain in Mississippi caused flash flooding that inundated about 100 homes and 25 businesses and one person died and emergency shelters were opened after heavy …
September 27, 2018
Stone Creek Insurance Agency is expanding its Spokane, Wash. presence with the addition of four new employees. San Francisco Bay Area-based Stone Creek launched its Spokane office in February. Charles Hook has been named personal lines account manager. He has …
September 27, 2018
Businesses should prepare for the physical consequences of a warming planet, according to a new report out from Zurich Insurance Group. The report, “Managing the impacts of climate change: risk management responses,” was published at the start of Climate Week …
September 27, 2018
The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on Oct. 8 on a request by the state’s property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast to increase its maximum liability limits. The Texas …
September 27, 2018
AXIS Insurance, the insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced that Paul Cullum has been appointed to the newly created role of head of Business Development for AXIS Insurance International Division. Cullum will be responsible for helping to …
September 27, 2018
The parent company for Ohio’s Cedar Point amusement park has been fined over $140,000 for safety violations. The Blade reports the $142,270 fine by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration stems from an April 11 incident where an employee was …