In March 2010, Ernst & Young LLP issued a report detailing the results of a study of the impact of the insurance industry in Ohio commissioned by the Association of Ohio Life Insurance Companies and the Ohio Insurance Institute. Some …
New and significant rulings have been issued in two of several lawsuits at the forefront of global warming/climate change litigation that are likely to set the future direction of such litigation. These cases are: Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. The …
The Indiana Supreme Court has found that an insurance company was wrong to deny coverage for injuries to an employee of an independent contractor under a farm personal liability policy. Indiana farmers Rick and Katrina Taylor held a farm personal …
Do the companies you work with actively promote health and well-being in the workplace? If the answer is no, they’re not alone. According to a survey by Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc., less than half of the nearly …
Alternative market insurance provider, Safety National in St. Louis, Mo., promoted Senior Vice President John Csik to the position of chief financial officer and treasurer. Csik takes over these positions from Duane Hercules, who will continue in his position of …
The Missouri Department of Insurance has a new online resource dedicated to the insurance needs of small businesses. The new Web section lists factors to consider when buying insurance coverage for company cars, buildings and liability, as well as the …
No Bogus Charges Allowed “Some repair shops have abused consumers by refusing to return a vehicle until the consumer pays bogus charges.” —Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. A new law took effect May 1 in Iowa aimed at protecting consumers …
A woman who had a voluntary double mastectomy after genetic testing is alleging her employer eliminated her job after learning she carried a gene implicated in breast cancer. Pamela Fink, 39, said in discrimination complaints that her bosses at natural …
An insurance company is balking at paying legal costs for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students through laptop webcams. Meanwhile, a lawyer for a student suing the Lower Merion School District said the two sides met …
Few New Jersey teen drivers are complying with the nation’s first law that requires them to display decals on their license plates. Fewer than one in four had purchased the decals when the new law went into effect earlier this …
