Maine Approves 19% Drop in Workers’ Compensation Costs Starting in April March 26, 2024 Newly-installed Maine Insurance Superintendent Robert Carey announced approval of an average workers’ compensation insurance loss cost decrease of 19%. The...
Nevada Casino Settles for $500K for Incidents Involving Security Officers March 26, 2024 Nevada gambling regulators fined a hotel-casino in Laughlin a record $500,000 in a settlement with the state Gaming Control Board...
Lawsuit in New Mexico Alleges Abuse by Catholic Priest Decades Ago March 26, 2024 A man who says he was sexually abused as a boy by a priest in New Mexico in the 1960s...
Plummer Acquires Nebraska’s Classic One March 25, 2024 Plummer Insurance, Inc. announced the acquisition of Classic One Insurance from Riverstone Bank, effective March 15, 2024. Plummer Insurance was...
People Moves: BMS Hires Howden’s Spraggs, Austwick and Woolcott for FinPro Division; Newline Opens Sydney Office, Hiring Beswick as Head of Professional Indemnity March 25, 2024 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker BMS Group and the re/insurer Newline Group. A summary...
Arkansas Private Railroad Fined $910K Over Hazardous Waste Violations March 25, 2024 The EPA recently finalized a settlement with the Arkansas Midland Railroad Company over alleged hazardous waste violations at a private...
Barn Collapse in Southern Illinois Kills 1 Man, Injures Another March 25, 2024 WATERLOO, Ill. (AP) — One man was killed and another was injured in southern Illinois when a barn partially collapsed...
Coming and Going, Extended Premises Rules Don’t Help Employee Injured on Crosswalk March 25, 2024 An employee of a diagnostics firm in Virginia who was injured when she fell on a crosswalk on her way...
Russia’s Oil Is Finally Getting Snarled by Sanctions March 25, 2024 By Rakesh Sharma, Grant Smith and Julian Lee The Russian oil-export machine funding the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is finally getting some grit in its gears. Indian oil...
Markets/Coverages: Marsh Creates Cyber Group Captive for Clients Seeking More Stability in Insurance Programs March 25, 2024 Marsh, the insurance broker, risk adviser and a unit of Marsh McLennan, announced the creation of Edgware Re Ltd., a...