Monthly Archives: <span>October 2021</span>

Liberty Company Acquires Rubicon M&A Insurance Services in California

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has acquired Rubicon M&A Insurance Services LLC in California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rubicon M&A, led by its founder Patrick Stroth, specializes in executive liability. The Liberty Company is a privately held …

Mechanical Failure Touched Off Large South Dakota Fire, Officials Say

A mechanical failure caused the fire that has burned about 1.5 square miles northwest of Rapid City, according to state and local officials. South Dakota Wildland Fire and the Rapid City Fire and Police departments tweeted the fire was accidentally …

Charter School Can’t Appeal Ohio School Board $60M Order, Court Says

The Ohio school board’s order requiring a giant, now-defunct online charter school to repay the state $60 million over inflated enrollment figures is final and cannot be appealed, the state Supreme Court ruled. In a 4-3 decision, the court delivered …

Louisiana Health System Sued Over Vaccine Mandate

A small number of employees of Louisiana’s largest health system are suing to block a requirement that they get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to keep their jobs. The lawsuits filed in Louisiana state district courts challenge Ochsner Health’s mandate …

Houston Company to Pay $85K to Settle Federal Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Federal workplace officials say a Houston-based electrical supply company unlawfully fired employee one day before his scheduled cancer surgery. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says Spike Electric and Controls LLC will pay a former employee $85,000 to resolve …

Company Faces $300K in Fines for Alleged Safety Violations at Missouri Facility

A Verona, Missouri, nutrition production plant has been hit with 24 citations for workplace safety and health violations and faces more than $300,000 in penalties, federal workplace safety officials say. OSHA said two complaints of unsafe working conditions at the …

Michigan Urges Benton Harbor Residents to Use Bottled Water Due to Lead Levels

Michigan urged residents of Benton Harbor to use only bottled water for cooking and drinking, a major shift in response to the city’s elevated levels of lead. The state recently said it would distribute free water and filters in the …

4 Injured in Texas School Shooting; Student Arrested

An 18-year-old student opened fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school on Oct. 6, injuring four people and then fleeing before being taken into custody hours later, authorities said. Timothy George Simpkins was taken into custody without incident …

People Moves: Gallagher Re’s Bousfield to Lockton Re Bermuda; Atrium Names Munich Re’s Cusition as Marine U/W; MS Amlin Hires RSA’s Forsyth as Lead Class Hull U/W

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at reinsurance broker Lockton Re and two insurers: Atrium Underwriters and MS Amlin Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Re Bermuda Appoints Gallagher Re’s Bousfield as Senior Broker …

California Encourages Prescribed Burns to Counter Wildfires

California is encouraging more use of fire to fight fire, such as when deliberately set burns were recently used to protect giant sequoias from a raging wildfire. But sometimes what are known as prescribed fires themselves spread out of control, …