Victim Compensation for Emotional Suffering: How Much Is Right? December 1, 2017 If a company sends one of its workers to a crime-ridden neighborhood to repair a leaking roof and the worker...
Woman Staying in Hotel During Tennessee Wildfires Claims PTSD in Lawsuit December 1, 2017 A Tennessee woman who checked in to a hotel as deadly wildfires raged nearby says in a lawsuit that she...
Miner Dies on Blackhawk Mining Property in West Virginia December 1, 2017 West Virginia mining officials say that a 28-year-old equipment operator for a coal mining company has died. The Office of...
Who Is Most at Risk for Opioid Death and How to Help Them: Columbia Research November 30, 2017 Just over 60 percent of individuals who died from an opioid overdose had been diagnosed with a chronic pain condition,...
Insurers’ Asbestos Payments in 2016 Topped $3 Billion November 30, 2017 While U.S. asbestos-related incurred losses dropped in 2016, property/casualty insurers’ payments for asbestos claims grew 9 percent and hit $3.2...
Aon Switzerland Buys Swiss Broker Unidelta AG November 30, 2017 Aon plc has acquired 100 percent interest in Unidelta AG, an insurance broker located in Rapperswil, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Unidelta...
Chubb Expects $320 Million in Q4 Catastrophe Losses Including California Wildfires November 30, 2017 Chubb Limited reported a preliminary loss estimate for the fourth quarter from natural catastrophes, including the California wildfires, of approximately...
Virginia’s Towne Insurance Hires Rogerson to Manage Select Business Unit November 30, 2017 Towne Insurance, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Hampton Roads in Virginia, has hired Christopher Rogerson as vice president and...
Cargill Accountant in New York Sentenced to Five Years for $3.1M Theft November 30, 2017 An accountant who admitted to stealing $3.1 million from agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc. has been sentenced to five years in...
New York Logging Company Owner Sentenced to Prison for $83K Theft November 30, 2017 The former owner of an upstate New York logging company who stole more than $80,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has...