Congress Passes Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund July 24, 2019 By Laura Litvan The U.S. Senate voted to replenish a fund that provides lifelong medical help and other compensation for firefighters, police officers...
Roundup Not Only Monsanto Legal Woe For Bayer; PCB Claims Still Coming July 24, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Tim Loh The widening legal nightmare over Roundup weedkillers isn’t the only potential multi-billion-dollar liability Bayer AG inherited last year when it...
California Financial Advisor Sentenced to 10 Years for Embezzling $1M July 24, 2019 California financial advisor Tom Fallon, 65, has been sentenced in Long Beach Superior Court after being convicted in an open...
Investigators Blame CSX Safety Lapses for Fatal Amtrak Collision in South Carolina July 24, 2019 By Alan Levin CSX Corp.’s lax approach to safety caused a fatal collision between a passenger train and one of the company’s parked...
Addressing Florida’s Rising Tide of Flood Exposures July 24, 2019 By Jim Kane In the past five years, all 50 states have experienced some type of flooding. Flooding has led to disasters throughout...
California Commissioner and U.N. to Develop Sustainable Insurance Roadmap July 23, 2019 The California Department of Insurance and the United Nations Environment Program on Tuesday announced the launch of a yearlong effort...
Big Cannabis Bills That Await California Lawmakers Include Banking and Hemp Products July 23, 2019 By Don Jergler Next month could be big for California’s cannabis industry. Among legislation introduced last session by state lawmakers was a bill...
Kentucky Drug Overdose Deaths Decrease for First Time in 5 Years July 23, 2019 By Bruce Schreiner After years of rising death tolls from a surge in drug addiction, Kentucky officials on Thursday reported the first statewide...
Worley, Brown Launch Legion Claims Solutions in Louisiana July 23, 2019 Legion Claims Solutions LLC (Legion), a firm specializing in the management of catastrophe insurance claims, environmental/industrial claims, and governmental disaster...
With Commissioner’s OK, Wisconsin Workers’ Comp Rates to Fall by 8.8% July 23, 2019 Wisconsin’s chief insurance regulator has approved an overall 8.84% decrease in workers’ compensation premium rates. The new rates approved by...