Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers ratcheted up pressure on Walt Disney World on Monday by announcing legislation that will use the regulatory powers of Florida government to exert unprecedented oversight on the park resort’s rides and monorail. Lawmakers will …
The owner and manager of a Connecticut insurance firm pled guilty this week in federal court in White Plains, New York to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, according to prosecutors. Between 2015 and 2019, Anthony Riccardi, and …
AmeriTrust subsidiary Star Insurance Co. must pay the $9 million balance of a $10 million settlement in the death of a 12-year old boy who died after a trench he dug on a Long Branch, New Jersey beach collapsed on …
One year after a Florida woman was paralyzed while trying to board a Southwest Airlines flight in Fort Lauderdale, she has died. Her family’s lawsuit against the airline and a staffing company continues. The South Florida Sun Sentinel newspaper and …
The city of Wichita plans to settle a lawsuit filed over the death of a man who was shot by a police officer in 2012. The city’s law department has asked the City Council to approve on Tuesday a $175,000 …
A federal judge has approved a consent decree between the Maryland city of Annapolis and dozens of public housing residents. The Capital Gazette reported Tuesday that the decree will mandate that the city pay a $900,000 settlement in a discrimination …
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc., headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, has acquired a Sikeston, Missouri-based agency, Tri-Star of Sikeston Inc., doing business as Self Insurance. Now led by Brian Self, the agency has served the insurance needs of Missouri …
Connecticut legislators are looking to help hundreds, if not thousands, of homeowners whose foundations are crumbling because of an iron sulfide found in the concrete by creating the state’s own insurance company. The newly minted state budget includes language establishing …
Ohio is one of the few states that does not allow private insurers to participate in the workers’ compensation system, although it permits larger employers to “self-insure” to administer and pay their own claims directly. Legislation introduced two weeks ago …
Wisconsin insurance industry leaders are worried a potential state move toward self-insurance is already on its way to a done deal. At a Wisconsin Health News panel, panelists and audience members critiqued the possible change, which would reshape health insurance …
