Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop 11th-Straight Year September 8, 2023 Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage, according to an update from the Oregon Department of...
Allstate Wins Trade Secret Tiff With Former Agents September 8, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Allstate Insurance has emerged victorious in litigation against two of its former exclusive agents who retained and used Allstate spreadsheets...
FEMA Disaster Aid Now Available in Maine for June Flooding September 8, 2023 The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Maine...
Connecticut Farm Worker Paralyzed After Being Attacked by Bull September 8, 2023 A 59-year-old Connecticut man was seriously injured after being attacked by a bull at the farm where he was working....
People Moves: Encova Names Mabe to Board of Directors; JM Wilson Promotes Bolhuis to Assistant Property & Casualty Manager September 7, 2023 JM Wilson Promotes Bolhuis to Assistant Property & Casualty Manager JM Wilson has promoted Kristin Bolhuis to assistant property &...
Hooters of Louisiana to Settle $650K Race and Retaliation Lawsuit September 7, 2023 Hooters of Louisiana, LLC and associated companies (“Hooters”) have agreed to pay former African American employees $650,000 to settle a...
Wet Roads, Speed Factored Into Car Crashing Into Texas Denny’s, Police Chief Says September 7, 2023 ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) – A Texas police chief said Tuesday that wet roads and speed factored into the driver of...
Shuttered EPA Civil Rights Investigation Could’ve Brought `Meaningful Reform` in Cancer Alley, Documents Show September 7, 2023 By Halle Parker NEW ORLEANS (AP) – As industrial plants have overtaken historic Black communities and burdened neighborhoods with toxic air pollution, environmental...
Higginbotham Acquires Ohio’s Community Insurance Group September 7, 2023 Higginbotham has acquired Community Insurance Group, its first acquisition in Ohio. With this transaction, Higginbotham now has a presence in...
FEMA Names Nearly 500 US Communities as ‘Resilience Zones’ September 7, 2023 By Leslie Kaufman Rikers Island in the Bronx, New York, made the list due to its extreme vulnerability to flooding. Lincoln, Wyoming, was...