Florida Saw Jump in Workers’ Comp Cost per Claim in 2022-23, WCRI Report Shows May 6, 2024 By William Rabb Call it the effects of wage creep during the pandemic, along with a little bit of creep in the duration...
Maryland Hospitality Firm Settles Employee Pregnancy Discrimination, Firing Suit May 6, 2024 Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated...
Hub Acquires Williams Insurance Services in California May 6, 2024 Hub International Ltd. acquired Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services Inc. Merriwether & Williams has locations in San Francisco and Los...
New York Restricts Sale of Weight-Loss and Muscle-Building Supplements to Minors May 6, 2024 By Maysoon Khan It’s now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York, under a first-in-the-nation law that went...
New Vehicle Registrations in California Rose, While Tesla Registrations Dropped Again May 6, 2024 The first quarter of the year saw the sixth straight quarterly increase (.7%) in overall registrations in California in the...
Inszone Insurance Acquires Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals in Washington May 6, 2024 Inszone Insurance Services acquired Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals LLC, a multi-member managed broker agency in Pasco, Washington. Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals was...
Appeals Court Rejects Climate Change Suit by Young Oregon Activists May 6, 2024 By Gene Johnson A federal appeals court panel last week rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that...
Extreme Weather Is Driving More US Power Outages, Studies Show May 3, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis For decades, residents of eastern Queens in New York City have complained that they’re more likely to lose power when...
Cracks in O’Hare Columns Aren’t Insured Property Damage, Just Bad Product – Court May 3, 2024 By William Rabb Cracked steel columns are not “property damage,” but are building products that are not covered by a contractor’s general liability...
Yemen’s Houthis Threaten Ships in Mediterranean Sea That Are Sailing to Israeli Ports May 3, 2024 Yemen’s Houthis will target ships heading to Israeli ports in any area that is within their range, military spokesman Yahya...