Louisiana AG Taking Control of State’s Opioid Lawsuit March 5, 2018 By Melinda Deslatte Louisiana’s attorney general is taking charge of a state lawsuit against drug manufacturers, under a deal that ends a dispute...
First Surety Bond Program for California Cannabis Industry OK’d March 5, 2018 California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved the first surety bond program for the cannabis industry in the California. Continental...
Death of Worker on Energy Platform Off Louisiana Coast Under Investigation March 5, 2018 By Ernest Scheyder and Liz Hampton An oil and gas worker on a Talos Energy LLC platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was killed on...
Las Vegas Homeowners Association Ordered to Pay $20M for Faulty Swing Set March 5, 2018 A jury says a Las Vegas, Nevada, homeowners association must pay a man $20 million after a swing set collapsed...
Supreme Court: Persian Artifacts Can’t Be Seized from Chicago Museum March 5, 2018 By Mark Sherman The Supreme Court is preventing survivors of a 1997 terrorist attack from seizing Persian artifacts at a Chicago museum to...
Law Enforcement Officers 3 Times More Likely to Be Injured Than Other Workers March 5, 2018 An estimated 669,100 law enforcement officers were treated in emergency departments across the nation for nonfatal injuries between 2003 and...
Farmer Criticism Leads to Wisconsin Dairy Insurance Program Adjustment March 5, 2018 Wisconsin lawmakers tweaked a federal price insurance program following criticism from dairy farmers. The Margin Protection Program for Dairy allows...
Bans on Hand-Held Calls More Effective than Texting Bans with Teen Drivers: Study March 5, 2018 State laws banning hand-held cellphone calls while driving can be effective in reducing teens’ hand-held conversations while driving, but texting...
Former Nationwide Agent in Mississippi to Serve 10 Years for Embezzling $117K March 5, 2018 A former Mississippi insurance agent will serve 10 years in prison for embezzling $117,863.74 from a customer and converting the...
The Competitive Advantage: The Death of Underwriting and Underwriters March 5, 2018 By Chris Burand Underwriting is not dying. It is just being automated into digital algorithms versus analog human beings. Technology’s effect on life...