A highly modified vintage aircraft was pushed beyond its structural limits before it crashed into spectators at last year’s National Championship Air Races in Reno, according to the findings being presented to the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday in …
A Utah Court of Appeals ruled the term “jet ski” to be ambiguous as exclusion in a homeowners’ policy, and to back up its decision the court used as a reference the popular reference website Wikipedia, calling it a “great …
A workers’ compensation reform bill was officially introduced on Monday, and the same day the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau issued a study saying the bill could produce a savings of nearly half-a-billion-dollars. But that savings will be outpaced …
San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named David Richter vice president of executive benefits and succession planning. He will focus on high net-worth individuals and small to medium size corporations and their executives. Richter has over 26 years of experience …
Negotiating parties have finally come to terms on wording for a bill to reform California’s workers’ compensation system. The bill, Senate Bill 863, was introduced late last week. It resulted from a meeting between labor officials and handful of large, …
Two San Francisco 49ers fans who were attacked during a preseason home game against the rival Oakland Raiders have sued the team, parking lot security firm and National Football League. Daniel Long and Gabriel Navarrette, both 26, claim the defendants …
A number of Grand Teton National Park concessionaires are protesting rising liability insurance requirements for outfitters and guides. In recent years, the National Park Service has begun requiring smaller companies involved in high-risk activities, such as rafting and climbing, to …
Organizers of the Reno National Championship Air Races have established a $77 million fund to be distributed to those who suffered injuries or lost family members in last year’s mass-casualty crash in Nevada. Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw a federal compensation …
A Connecticut businessman who specializes in insurance for golf tournament hole-in-one prizes has been charged in Washington with multiple felonies after repeatedly failing to pay up. Kevin Kolenda, of Norwalk, Conn., was charged Wednesday in King County Superior Court, Wash. …
The California Secretary of State announced on Thursday that a ballot initiative to require health insurance companies to publicly justify and get approval for rate increases before they take effect has qualified for the 2014 ballot. Santa Monica, Calif.-based-Consumer Watchdog’s …
