Workplace Fatalities Fell 10.7% During Pandemic in 2020 But Severe Illness Cases Rose December 27, 2021 During the pandemic, worker deaths decreased by 10.7% in 2020 compared to 2019, with 4,764 fatal workplace injuries, according to...
Hallmark Financial Cancels Plans for Specialty Insurance Spinoff and IPO December 27, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. announced last Thursday that it will no longer actively pursue a previously announced separation of its...
Capital One Cyber Settlement to Cost $190 Million December 27, 2021 By Jenny Surane Capital One Financial Corp. agreed to pay $190 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that customers filed against the firm...
Did Builder Groups Block Insurance Industry Move to Require More Storm Shelters? December 27, 2021 A 2012 insurance industry proposal to make tornado shelters part of the building code for large commercial and residential buildings...
Supreme Court to Take Up COVID Mandate Jan. 7 December 27, 2021 By ALEXANDRA JAFFE The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Biden administration can order workers at private companies...
Unions Say Meat Plants Relaxed COVID-19 Safety Measures After Outbreaks December 26, 2021 By Tom Polansek Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, last year assigned a team of dedicated employees to enforce social distancing and...
People Moves: Petersen Named Head of WTW Broking; Moore Joins Olive.com Board; Kinetic Insurance Names 3 Leaders December 22, 2021 Willis Towers Watson Appoints Petersen as Head of Primary Casualty Broking, North America Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the...
EPA to Revisit Bayer Dicamba Herbicide Risks After 3,500 Reports of Crop Damage December 22, 2021 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether the herbicide dicamba can be sprayed on soybean and cotton plants genetically...
The $1M Bad Faith Case and the Missed Deadline December 22, 2021 By Jim Sams Darryl A. Vachon did not accuse Travelers of bad faith in handling his $25,000 uninsured motorist claim until after a...
Active 2021 Hurricane Season Revealed ‘Unsettling’ Trends: AIR Worldwide December 22, 2021 By Kimberly Tallon The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active on record and the sixth consecutive year of above-average hurricane...