Connecticut Approves 14.1% Workers’ Compensation Pure Premium Reduction January 13, 2022 The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a filing with decreases of 14.1% to workers’ compensation pure premium lost costs, and...
Maryland 90-Day Legislative Agenda Includes Climate, Infrastructure, Taxes January 13, 2022 By Brian Witte Maryland lawmakers are convening Wednesday for their 90-day legislative session. They will spend much of the session working on how...
Safety Doors Failed in New York City High-Rise Apartment Fire That Killed 17 January 13, 2022 By Michael R. Sisak, Michelle L. Price and David Porter Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise,...
West Penn Power Settles Coal Ash Discharge Complaints With Environmental Agencies January 12, 2022 West Penn Power of Greensburg, Pennsylvania will pay a $610,000 penalty under a settlement to resolve water discharge violations at...
One80 Acquires Workers’ Compensation Wholesaler PMC in Massachusetts January 12, 2022 Specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reported it has acquired PMC Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation wholesale broker and program manager...
Court Agrees Harvard Not Responsible for Legal Fees of Professor with China Ties January 12, 2022 Harvard University is not required to pay legal defense fees for a professor who was found guilty of hiding his...
Judge Gives Preliminary OK to Firm’s $34M ‘Forever Chemical’ Settlement in Vermont January 12, 2022 A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $34 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against a chemical company...
Investigations Begin Into Deadly New York City Apartment Building Fire January 11, 2022 By Michelle L. Price, Bobby Caina Calvan and David Porter Doctors raced Monday to save survivors of New York City’s deadliest fire in three decades as authorities began investigating how...
Transverse Insurance Completes $48M Capital Raise January 11, 2022 New Jersey-based specialty insurer Transverse Insurance Group reported it has raised $48 million of additional capital to support expansion of...
Insurer Need Not Defend Drug Chain in Opioid Suits Claiming Economic, Not Personal, Injury January 11, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson In the latest turn in litigation over the opioid crisis, a state’s high court has found an insurer does not...