January 13, 2020
Two women who say they were sexually assaulted by passengers on Frontier Airlines flights sued the Denver-based budget carrier for allegedly refusing to help them and either not having or failing to follow policies to respond to assaults. The class …
January 13, 2020
The owners and operators of a San Diego, Calif.-based porn website must pay $12.7 million after a judge found them liable for fraud and breach of contract for lying to women about how their explicit videos would be distributed, according …
January 10, 2020
Connie Free, 34, of Moreno Valley, Calif., was sentenced this week to 22 felony counts and one misdemeanor count including grand theft and forgery after reportedly stealing at least $174,000 in insurance premiums from 11 different victims. Free received a …
January 10, 2020
Las Vegas officials said that that a cyber attack breached the city’s computer systems, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any sensitive data was compromised. City officials were alerted to the breach around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, city spokesman David …
January 10, 2020
A Hillsboro, Ore. woman is seeking more than $1 million from the ride-hailing company Uber, alleging she was sexually assaulted by one of the company’s drivers in 2018. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the woman filed a lawsuit against Uber and one …
January 10, 2020
Nearly 300 of New York City’s new subway cars were removed over concerns that the doors could open while the trains were in motion, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The 298 cars on the A, C, J and Z …
January 10, 2020
Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, has acquired Sylvia Group, effective December 31, 2019. Located in Dartmouth, Mass., Sylvia Group has been serving clients throughout New England since its founding in …
January 10, 2020
Three employees were sickened by a cleaning chemical at an Amazon warehouse in New Hampshire, fire officials said Thursday. Firefighters in Nashua responded at about 4 a.m. for a report of a chemical reaction that happened while a crew was …
January 10, 2020
Chicago-based broker Hub International Ltd. announced it has acquired RHC Insurance Brokers Ltd. and RHC Insurance Brokers (Cranbrook) Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, with nine additional offices across the province, RHC …
January 10, 2020
Pricing corrections in the property catastrophe reinsurance market over the last few years have been localized and mitigated to some extent by sufficient levels of capacity, according to Guy Carpenter in its January reinsurance renewal report. As a result, pricing …