2020 Hurricane Season Set Multiple Records December 3, 2020 A record-setting Atlantic hurricane season that saw the highest number of named storms officially came to a close Monday. The...
U.S. Employers Have Right to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine. But Will They? December 3, 2020 By Tina Bellon Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: Newly Legal States Could Yield $6B in Next 5 Years December 2, 2020 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring...
California Roof Company Owner Arraigned In $4M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme December 2, 2020 Judy Hein, 71, of Oxnard, Calif., was arraigned on five felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll for...
Louisiana Begins Clearing Hurricane-Driven Sediment from Channel so Ships Can Pass December 2, 2020 Port officials have begun clearing a shipping channel in Louisiana after sediments pushed into the waterway by hurricanes made the...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Heritage Insurance Service of Kentucky December 2, 2020 Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Heritage Insurance Service, Inc., an...
Alera Group Acquires Michigan Insurance Agency, Lighthouse Group December 2, 2020 Alera Group, an insurance firm headquartered in Deerfield, Mich., has acquired Lighthouse Group, an independent insurance agency with eight locations...
Report: Despite Less Driving, Auto Fatalities Have Risen in Wisconsin December 2, 2020 Auto fatalities are up in Wisconsin despite there being fewer people on the road due to the coronavirus pandemic, a...
Michigan Funeral Home Settles LGBT Employment Discrimination Suit for $250K December 2, 2020 A Detroit, Mich.-area funeral home has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit that led to a groundbreaking decision...
Texas County Shuts Down Bars as COVID Hospitalizations Surge December 2, 2020 By Juan A. Lozano A Central Texas county has closed its bars after area hospitalizations for COVID-19 exceeded a state mandated limit. Meanwhile in...