May 18, 2023
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Georgia wood-treating company and its maintenance firm for exposing workers to high levels of arsenic, actions that could result in as much as $180,000 in fines. OSHA opened an investigation …
May 18, 2023
ALKEME acquired the Infinity Insurance Group in Idaho. Infinity Insurance is an insurance agency with offices in Post Falls. Infinity Insurance broke away from its parent company in 2010 and has focused on providing auto, home, health, life and commercial …
May 18, 2023
World Insurance Associates LLC acquired the business of Morris Insurance Group Inc. of Clinton Township and Rochester, Michigan Morris is an insurance agency providing personal insurance, commercial insurance and health and life insurance. World Insurance Associates is headquartered in Iselin, …
May 18, 2023
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked part of New Jersey’s new handgun carry law that barred weapons from being carried in so-called sensitive places and halted a new insurance mandate the law sought to institute. Second Amendment rights groups that …
May 18, 2023
A fire at a Marathon Petroleum refinery near Houston caused visible flames and left at least one worker dead, the company said. Marathon said the cause of the Monday morning fire was under investigation. Aerial footage from Houston television stations …
May 18, 2023
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed gun-control measures into law on Tuesday, after lawmakers passed measures this year in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The high court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen last …
May 18, 2023
Toxicology by definition is the study of adverse effects of chemical, biological, or physical agents on living organisms. Cannabis and toxicology doesn’t sound like a subject that is pertinent to insurance professionals in the specialty, but knowing the business means …
May 18, 2023
Illinois became the latest state to pass public adjuster reform legislation when the Illinois Public Adjuster bill (SB 1495) passed both houses of the legislature and will move on to the governor. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb recently signed HB 1329, …
May 18, 2023
The operator of a limousine company who has been accused of acting recklessly and causing the deaths of 20 people, is not to blame for the 2018 upstate New York crash, because he tried his best to repair and maintain …
May 18, 2023
AM Best downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” (Good) from “a-” (Excellent) of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas Inc. The outlook of the FSR was …