Twice in 2022, the owner of a Mandan, North Dakota excavation company sat behind the controls of an excavator, supervising employees below as they installed municipal water lines in trenches as deep as 10 feet without protection against deadly collapses, …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas bathroom bill that went further than a 2016 North Carolina law that was repealed after widespread boycotts was revamped Tuesday following complaints from members of the transgender community and their families that it …
Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature. The state’s “right-to-work” law …
Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in a sale mandated by last year’s climate bill compromise. The auction was the first in the Gulf in more than a year …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Insurance and OONA Insurance (formerly Mapfre Insurance). A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Insurance Names Chubb’s Kendrick Chairman of European Board of Directors Everest Insurance, the insurance …
An unlicensed labor broker for the construction industry has pleaded guilty to participating in a fraud scheme in order to evade more than $1 million in workers’ compensation premiums. According to Manhattan prosecutors, Salvador Almonte, Jr. underreported the size of …
Key financial results for private U.S. property/casualty insurers significantly worsened in 2022 from a year earlier, according to preliminary results from global analytics provider Verisk and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA). The industry recorded a net underwriting loss …
The Lloyd’s marketplace announced it has invited 13 insurtechs to join the next cohort of its innovation accelerator, the Lloyd’s Lab, following a competitive pitch process where the firms presented innovative insurance solutions for the market. Lloyd’s Lab received more …
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California FAIR Plan Association agreed to more than double its existing commercial coverage limits to $20 million for businesses unable to find coverage in the normal insurance marketplace. Lara and the FAIR Plan …
Apex Risk & Insurance Services launched in the San Diego, California area. CEO Peter Katkov, a seasoned insurance professional with more 15 years in the industry, founded Apex Risk & Insurance. Apex specializes in personal and commercial property/casualty insurance. The …
