Reinsurers’ Cyber Rates Expected to Rise as They Seek to Regain Profitability: S&P August 29, 2023 By L.S. Howard More cyber reinsurance rate increases can be expected as reinsurers seek to regain underwriting profits in their cyber portfolios, according...
Ohio Vinyl Tile Manufacturer Faces $545K in Penalties for Failing to Protect Workers from Hazards August 29, 2023 An Ohio-based vinyl tile manufacturer with a history of failing to protect workers from hazards at its Fostoria plant dating...
Unusually Warm Atlantic Ocean Is Supercharging Hurricane Idalia August 29, 2023 By Kendra Pierre-Louis and Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Idalia, now a Category 1 storm, is expected to make landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The hurricane’s...
Crane Collapse at Miami Hospital Killed One, Injured Other Workers August 29, 2023 Authorities were still investigating Tuesday after a construction crane at a Miami hospital buckled and collapsed onto construction workers, killing...
Update: 3M to Pay $6 Billion to Settle Military Earplug Lawsuits August 29, 2023 By Ryan Beene and Jef Feeley 3M Co. has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve hundreds of thousands of lawsuits alleging it sold defective earplugs...
Florida Sheriff’s Copter Crashes in Pompano Beach, Killing Two August 29, 2023 A south Florida sheriff’s helicopter caught fire Monday before crashing into a Pompano Beach apartment building, killing two people and...
New Hampshire Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 14% in 2024 August 29, 2023 The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) recently approved a workers’ compensation rate proposal that will reduce voluntary loss costs by...
OSHA Orders Vermont Firm to Rehire Environmental Whistleblower, Pay Damages August 29, 2023 In early June 2022, an employee of a Vermont agricultural equipment company observed the company pumping wastewater from the facility’s...
Citizens Suspends Binding, Could Be Most Affected as Hurricane Aims for Big Bend August 29, 2023 By Staff and Wire Reports Florida property insurers were keeping their fingers crossed Tuesday as the latest projections indicated that the worst of Hurricane Idalia...
Burger King Must Face Lawsuit Claiming its Whoppers Are Too Small August 29, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge has rejected Burger King’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it cheated hungry customers by making...