December 29, 2023
Triple Canopy, Inc. a Reston, Virginia-based company that provides protective services to federal agencies, will pay a former employee $110,759 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
December 28, 2023
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – From an ice storm in North Dakota that sealed windows shut to blizzard conditions in Colorado causing hundreds of airport delays and cancellations, a winter storm pummeled much of the central United States on Tuesday, the day …
December 28, 2023
Fatal occupational injuries in Texas rose by 8% in 2022. A report from the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) shows there were 578 workplace fatalities in private and public/government sectors in 2022, up from 533 in …
December 28, 2023
Global brokerage business, Brokerslink, has added Consejeros y Corredores de Seguros (CONSEJEROS), a leading broker in Peru, to its growing network. Founded over 34 years ago, CONSEJEROS is a highly respected broker with a strong track record in providing comprehensive …
December 28, 2023
A federal appellate court reversed a trial court’s decision to certify a class of plaintiffs in a lawsuit that alleged State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. undervalued total-loss claims by Louisiana claimants. A panel of the 5th Circuit Court of …
December 28, 2023
An Ohio industrial rubber hose manufacturer with a long history of federal workplace safety issues could have prevented a 25-year-old worker from suffering severe crushing injuries by following required safety measures, the U.S. Department of Labor has determined. Investigators with …
December 28, 2023
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – One person is still missing a week after the abrupt closure of St. Louis` largest nursing home left roughly 170 residents scattered at new facilities throughout the city, a state health department spokeswoman confirmed late last …
December 28, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Republicans plan to unveil a proposal soon to legalize medical marijuana in the state and could vote on it sometime in 2024, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said. Republicans have been working behind closed doors for …
December 28, 2023
Truck engine maker Cummins Inc. has agreed in principle to pay a $1.675 billion fine for installing devices on hundreds of thousands of engines to allow them to emit excess pollution, the largest-ever civil penalty for a Clean Air Act …
December 28, 2023
Convelo Insurance Group, headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, has hired Andrew “Andy” Borst as president. Borst has 25 years of insurance industry experience, most recently serving as president of E&S and international programs. Borst also served as an executive …