Recent E. coli outbreaks have drawn attention to foodborne illnesses, and though officials say the overall number of cases is on the decline, produce — particularly leafy vegetables — is increasingly a carrier of germs once linked only to meat …
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund broke ground on the first phase of its new Vacaville Office Campus that, when completed, will employ approximately 1,200 people. The campus will sit on a 32 acre site that is entitled to include five …
Burns & Wilcox, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent, has promoted Ken Lyon to assistant branch manager in the company’s Sacramento, Calif., office. Lyon has more than 26 years of experience in the …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has completed its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through Sept. 30, 2006. The data seems to verify that workers’ compensation reforms are working to bring costs down. Among the highlights …
Health care premiums grew about six times faster than earnings for Wyoming workers from 2000 to 2006, according to a report issued Monday by a consumer group. Families USA found that annual premiums for family health care coverage offered through …
Settling nearly 170 claims of priest sex abuse would cost the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland about $75 million under a reorganization plan proposed to end the first bankruptcy in the nation filed by a diocese. Insurance companies have agreed …
The winter storm that struck the Pacific Northwest last week is responsible for 14 deaths and is receiving the unfortunate recognition of the worst winter storm in 13 years, according to catastrophe risk modeling company AIR Worldwide Corp.’s recent estimate …
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has begun to offer an admitted excess flood insurance product to homeowners policyholders who face either inland or coastal exposures in 15 jurisdictions, including California, Connecticut, Illinois, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York …
The Insurance Institute of Indiana, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) have filed a joint amicus curiae brief on a case that the groups believe could set a dangerous …
