The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed suit to recover back wages, liquidated damages, punitive damages and injunctive relief from a Tonawanda, New York construction contractor that allegedly underpaid employees and tried to have employees who complained deported by …

A Washington man is being charged in a felony in a $28,000 workers’ compensation scam after a trip the gym seemingly exposed him. Omid Mohammadi Dashti, 41, of Renton, was charged with one count of first-degree theft. He’s accused of …

Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. That happened two years ago with the world’s largest active volcano. About two months before Mauna Loa spewed rivers of glowing …

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of police and dismissed a lawsuit alleging negligence in the 2020 death of a woman who was in custody in suburban Detroit. There wasn’t enough evidence to let a jury decide …

A jury has awarded the city of Baltimore $266 million in damages in its suit against pharmaceutical firms McKesson and AmerisourceBergen for their part in the city’s opioid epidemic. With the jury award, the city has notched another win for …

National broker World Insurance Associates reports that it acquired the business of United Counties Insurance Group of Old Bridge, New Jersey on August 1, 2024. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. United Counties sells home, auto, business and health …

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting public comments on revised static forms: DWC Form-005, Non-Subscriber Notice to Division of Workers’ Compensation. DWC Form-007, Employer’s Report of Non-Covered Employee’s Work-Related Injury or Illness. DWC said …

Rapper Nelly won’t face drug charges following his arrest this summer at a St. Louis-area casino, a prosecutor said. Nelly was arrested at 4:45 a.m. Aug. 7 as he sought to collect several jackpots he won at Hollywood Casino & …

First Mid Insurance Group (FMIG) announced the addition of Amanda ‘Mandi’ Grimes as an Account Manager leading their FMIG Select team. In her new role, Grimes will be responsible for leading a team of account management and administrative professionals who …

The operator of an Indiana home care company may have to pay more than $172,000, including $86,000 in overtime wages, for violating federal wage laws, the Department of Labor announced. Hahn March, owner of Aging and Disabled Home Healthcare in …

Everest Insurance, the insurance division of Everest Group, headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, appointed Nina Corbo to lead U.S. primary casualty and Debbie Weiser to lead U.S. excess casualty. Corbo oversees the risk management and commercial casualty segments. With nearly …

This year’s U.N. climate summit – COP29 – is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures, adding pressure to negotiations aimed at curbing climate change. The last global scientific consensus on climate change was released in …

Bank executives and lawyers anticipate the incoming Trump administration to place significant limits on the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), but the president’s populist leanings could leave room for some activity by the watchdog. The CFPB has long been …

After the U.S. commercial auto insurance segment sustained a $5 billion net loss in 2023, a new AM Best reports indicates further deterioration in the first half of 2024. Despite targeted underwriting initiatives, including raising premiums to match the rising …

A North Carolina insurance agent who was penalized by regulators almost 20 years ago has given up her producer license after she was charged with pocketing insurance premiums. Lori Ann Crisp, 56, of Kannapolis, was charged with forgery, embezzlement and …

As with computer models that help predict risk from hurricane winds, insurers now have more than one model to use when gauging flood damage in storm-soaked Florida. The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology this month accepted three flood …

Amtrak service in parts of the Northeast was disrupted or delayed Tuesday after a fire broke out near a train route in New York City. Amtrak said initial reports indicated a brush fire stemming from a transformer at an Amtrak …

The family of a security guard who was shot and killed at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, sued the facility for $35 million on Tuesday, accusing it of negligence and failing to respond to the dangers that the gunman posed …

Executive summary: When actual prices line up with technical prices, insurers expect underwriting profits to emerge. But what if underwriters find ways to adjust technical prices downwards? In the second part of a two-part series, Tony Buckle and John Carolin, …

A bicyclist pulling a trailer in Vermont died after he was struck by a police cruiser, state police said. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 7 in South Burlington. The officer, a sergeant with the …