Insurance Journal’s Top 10 South Central Region Stories of 2019 January 2, 2020 By Stephanie K. Jones It almost seemed like there was a major fire or explosion per month at one petrochemical facility or another in...
Alabama School System to Sue 3M Over Contamination January 2, 2020 A north Alabama school system has taken the first step to sue 3M Co. over claims that chemicals are leaking...
Women Sue Frontier Airlines in Colorado Over Sex Assaults by Passengers January 2, 2020 Two women who say they were sexually assaulted by passengers on Frontier Airlines flights sued the Denver-based budget carrier for...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 National Stories of 2019 January 2, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The top Insurance Journal story of the year was about a merger that never happened. On March 5, 2019 a...
Drugmakers Begin New Year by Raising Prices January 2, 2020 By Michael Erman Drugmakers including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Gilead Sciences Inc., and Biogen Inc. hiked U.S. list prices on more than 50 drugs...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 West Region Stories of 2019 January 2, 2020 By Don Jergler California wildfires dominated the news in Insurance Journal’s Western region in 2019, despite it being a quiet year relative to...
Judge Temporarily Blocks California Gig Worker Law for Truckers January 2, 2020 By Kanishka Singh A federal judge has temporarily blocked a California labor law meant to take effect Jan. 1 from impacting over 70,000...
Appeals Court OKs Affordable Care Act’s Risk Payments to Insurers January 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court upheld the validity of a federal program governing the payment of billions of dollars to insurers...
Officials Weigh Options After 6th Sewer Line Breaks in Fort Lauderdale January 2, 2020 Yet another sewer line has burst in a major South Florida city. Two more pipes ruptured in Fort Lauderdale on...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 Southeast Region Stories of 2019 January 2, 2020 By Amy O'Connor It was a relatively quiet year for the Southeast in terms of major catastrophes compared with 2018 when Hurricane’s Michael...