US Labor Board Files Complaint Against Mozilla for Refusing to Hire Apple Activist November 27, 2023 By Julia Love and Josh Eidelson When Cher Scarlett began speaking up about labor issues at Apple Inc., she knew she was at risk of losing...
SCOTUS to Hear Purdue Pharma Settlement Plan That’s Dividing Opioid Victims November 27, 2023 By Geoff Mulvihill and Mark Sherman The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help...
HCI Execs to Launch Condo Insurance Exchange in Florida After OIR Approval November 27, 2023 By William Rabb Executives at Tampa-based HCI Group, the holding company for Homeowners Choice and TypTap Insurance companies, are having a busy fourth...
California Reaches $1M Settlement in Wage Theft Case November 27, 2023 The Labor Commissioner’s Office settled a lawsuit against Glendale, California-based Calcrete Construction Inc. for $1 million for multiple wage theft...
Bank Will Offer Accommodation to Employee With Anxiety Disability November 27, 2023 Citizens Bank will change its company policy and pay $100,000 to a former employee of its Cranston, Rhode Island call...
New Jersey Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Covers Commuting Employee’s Car Crash Injury November 27, 2023 By Jim Sams Typically, workers who are injured during their commute to work aren’t eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. The New Jersey Supreme...
New Jersey Blaze lnjured 8 Firefighters and Displaced a Dozen Residents November 27, 2023 Eight firefighters were injured battling a Thanksgiving night fire that displaced more than a dozen residents in West New York,...
Reinsurers Cautious About US Regional Property Cat as Storm Losses Rise: Gallagher Re November 22, 2023 By L.S. Howard After a costly 2023 severe convective storm season in the US, reinsurers underwriting in the regional property catastrophe market are...
Best Agency to Work For – Midwest Bronze Winner: Greater Insurance Service November 22, 2023 By Jahna Jacobson Sherri Gjermo, CEO of Greater Insurance Service Inc., is the second generation of leadership in the family business. And the...
Best Agency to Work For – South Central Bronze Winner: Higginbotham November 22, 2023 By Allen Laman Rusty Reid joined Higginbotham as the independent insurance agency’s twelfth employee in 1986. Today, about 2,800 of the company’s employees...