Hiring practices to staff the Toga Bar at Caesars Atlantic City casino hotel get a thumbs down from a judge. The judge says Caesars discriminated against male bartenders when they were passed over in favor of young women who were …
Zach Scruggs must report to prison by Aug. 15 for knowing about the bribery scheme that also landed his father and law partner behind bars. Scruggs was indicted in November along with his father, famed tort attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, …
Gov. Joe Manchin’s office acknowledged that he conferred twice with chemical giant DuPont as it planned to appeal a $196 million punitive damage award in a West Virginia pollution case. His office also reviewed a draft friend-of-the-court brief offered by …
The leading candidate in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for state insurance commissioner is defending himself from attacks from his rivals about his campaign contributions. During a debate Wednesday on WDEL radio, candidates Tom Savage and Karen Weldin …
Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced the following management changes to be effective October 1, 2008: — Dennis Pauls, currently CEO of Hub Ontario, will become CEO of Hub Midwest West (Chicago); — Bill Zanoni, currently CEO of Midwest West, will …
Zurich Financial Services Group announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Spain’s Caixa d’Estalvis de Sabadell’s (Caixa Sabadell) life and general insurance companies, CaixaSabadell Vida, S.A. de Seguros y Reaseguros and CaixaSabadell Companyia d’Assegurances …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced the results of its latest public information Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) review, which considered the 2007 syndicate financial statements and additional publicly available information and news flow up to Aug. 13, 2008. S&P …
Boston-based AIR Worldwide Corporation has announced the release of updates to its CATRADER®, CLASIC/2™ and CATStation® catastrophe risk management systems. “The version 10.0 releases include a number of significant software enhancements such as quicker import of insurance-linked securities, storage and …
Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee announced that on Aug. 12, 2008, a sting operation was conducted at nail salons in Santa Cruz County, Calif., that led to five citations. The operation was conducted to enforce laws concerning workers’ …
Faced with hundreds of big, hard-to-control blazes, California is struggling with what could be its most expensive firefighting season ever, burning through $285 million in the last six weeks alone and up to $13 million a day. With the worst …
