September 11, 2018
A St. Joseph, Missouri, woman has been awarded $8.5 million in a racial discrimination lawsuit she brought against Missouri gas utility Spire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis jury awarded $1.3 million in actual damages and $7.2 …
September 11, 2018
ONI Risk Partners (ONI) has hired Charlie Renie as a commercial insurance risk advisor in the company’s headquarters in Indianapolis. Renie concentrates on the identification, assessment, and management of the overall impact and cost of risk to his mid-to-large commercial …
September 11, 2018
While all eyes are on Hurricane Florence churning toward the North Carolina coast, a little orange blob may be much more important for energy traders later this week. A patch of showers and thunderstorms in the western Caribbean has a …
September 11, 2018
Wisconsin’s insurance commissioner says military veterans are eligible for a waiver of the insurance licensing exam fee in most cases. Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel said the waiver of the $75 examination fee is part of an effort to attract veterans …
September 11, 2018
A new law banning the use of cellphones while driving went into effect in a Phoenix suburb this month, making it the latest city to attempt regulation rather than wait for a state effort. Surprise officials put an ordinance banning …
September 11, 2018
The city of Lakewood, Wash., its police chief and two officers have agreed to pay $13 million to the family of an unarmed black man who was killed four years ago as he clutched his 4-year-old son following a four-hour …
September 11, 2018
The family of an Oklahoma teenager who drowned in the ocean while visiting the Oregon coast has filed a $3.6 million lawsuit against the city of Seaside. The Daily Astorian reported that 14-year-old Conner Miguel Wu Moore, of Tulsa, was …
September 11, 2018
Andrew Barcoma Go, 51, of Bellflower, Calif., was arrested on seven felony counts including six for identity theft and one for grand theft after allegedly falsifying information on insurance applications to steal over $34,000 from Farmers Insurance. After receiving a …
September 11, 2018
AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has launched AXIS Re Strategic Partners with the appointment of account executives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). AXIS Re Strategic Partners is a new dedicated team …
September 11, 2018
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said it would work with the Indian government to compensate patients who had suffered from hip implants that were recalled by the U.S. healthcare firm eight years ago after data showed high failure rates. This follows …