The widow of a beer tap inventor who died inside a walk-in cooler at the Atlanta Braves’ stadium is blaming a faulty door mechanism and lethal carbon dioxide leaks. Angela Keeling made the allegations in a wrongful death lawsuit filed …
A Florida zoo has been fined more than $14,500 after a worker was injured by a 4,000-pound (1,800-kilogram) white rhinoceros earlier this year. The Florida Times-Union reported June 25 that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
InsuraGuest, Inc. has partnered with Venture Insurance Programs to provide U.S. hotels with specialized insurance coverage for guests who are staying in the hotel utilizing InsuraGuest’s insurtech software. InsuraGuest’s API integrates with approximately 70 different hotel property management systems, with …
New rules for drivers of ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft operating in North Carolina have cleared the state House. The bill approved unanimously on Thursday is considered a safety measure following the March death of a university student in …
Needless Catastrophe “The lack of effective safety management at this well resulted in a needless catastrophe.” — Kristen Kulinowski, interim executive of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, comments after the release of a report on the board’s investigation into an …
The Oregon Legislature has repealed a nearly 25-year-old law prohibiting new schools, hospitals, jails, and police and fire stations from being built in the state’s tsunami inundation zone. Coastal legislators, who pushed the bill, say the risks of a natural …
Excess Workers’ Compensation Buffer Layer Program Market Detail: Gray Specialty (www.grayspecialty.com) provides buffer layers of excess workers’ compensation coverage to qualified self-insureds, self-insured groups, joint powers authorities and associations. Self-insured retentions as low as $100,000 and limits of up to …
With Arizona’s monsoon season quickly approaching, state transportation planners plan to begin installing a new dust-detection system on Interstate 10. The Arizona Department of Transportation recorded 85 dust-related crashes along the busy freeway from Phoenix to Tucson from 2010 to …
National American International Group said Kathleen Zortman will join the company as president and CEO of Private Client Group, General Insurance. In this new role, Zortman will lead AIG’s global high net worth portfolio, with responsibility for strategy, underwriting and …
A cancer patient is the latest woman to accuse a retired University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist of sexually abusing her during treatment. The Los Angeles Times reported the 44-year-old unnamed woman has sued UCLA and Dr. James Heaps, alleging …
