July 26, 2024
Ryan Specialty announced the unification of Ryan Financial Lines and the expansion of its product offerings. Ryan Financial Lines’ formation was announced in December 2023. The first phase was implemented in March 2024 with EmergIn Risk rebranding into RFL Cyber. …
July 26, 2024
A bill (SB2979) amending Illinois’ Biometric Information and Privacy Act (“BIPA”), passed by both houses of the legislature on May 16 and now on Governor J.B. Pritzker’s desk, effectively overturns a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling that could have had …
July 26, 2024
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former adjunct professor on Monday settled a federal religious discrimination lawsuit against a private Minnesota school after she was pushed out for showing a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in class. Details of the …
July 26, 2024
A Minnesota medical staffing company will pay $336,000 in back wages to nearly 1,000 employees after an investigation found the company charged its workers fees for missed or cancelled shifts. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) has entered …
July 25, 2024
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile got into a pickle on a Chicago highway. The hot-dog shaped Wienermobile hit a car Monday morning along Interstate 294 and its driver lost control and overcorrected, causing it to roll …
July 25, 2024
The Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen was appointed the receiver of Beckstone Partners, LLC (Beckstone), DesFined, LLC (DesFined), East King Management, LLC, and The Corporate Leasing Company, LLC to wind down the operation of the businesses and marshal the remaining …
July 25, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) — Temarkus Washington says the sexual abuse he experienced as a teenager at a troubled Chicago youth detention center still gives him nightmares. The 35-year-old spoke publicly about his experiences Tuesday, a day after joining two lawsuits collecting …
July 24, 2024
AM Best announced it has withdrawn credit ratings of Mt. Morris Mutual Insurance Company in Coloma, Wisconsin, less than a week after the credit rating agency downgraded the company’s ratings. AM Best said it withdrawn Mt. Morris’ ratings as the …
July 24, 2024
Encova Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, named Michelle Shaver as senior vice president, small business, commercial lines, and Carrie Lowe as vice president, package lines underwriting. Shaver most recently was a small business leader for Chubb Insurance. She also previously …
July 24, 2024
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — Two boys died when the SUV they were in crashed and ended up in a small pond along the side of a highway in North Dakota. The driver and five other children were injured in the …