Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Cleaveland Insurance Group in Rock Island, Ill. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cleaveland Insurance Group is a retail insurance broker providing property/casualty, employee benefits and risk management insurance services for their middle-market …
A jury has awarded nearly $5.7 million to four servers who alleged they were fired from a Los Angeles restaurant because of their ages. City News Service reported Superior Court jurors last week awarded damages to the women, who range …
The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was paralyzed after breaking two vertebrae during high school wrestling practice has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Wyoming hospital that treated him. The lawsuit from Melissa Plumley alleges Cheyenne Regional Medical …
A British Columbia lawyer representing 12 victims from the 2012 charter bus crash on Interstate 84 near Pendleton filed a lawsuit Monday at the Umatilla County Courthouse seeking $700 million. The East Oregonian reported the group is seeking a jury …
A lawsuit against Atlantic Richfield Co. by nearly 100 residents of Opportunity seeking to have the company clean hazardous materials from their property has been rejected. District Judge Brad Newman ruled on Monday that residents knew their properties were contaminated …
Update Census Forms on AORs/BORs. When an agency takes over a group benefits account by AOR or BOR, it is likely picking up the prior agency’s/broker’s mistakes. Sometimes, for many different reasons ranging from innocent mistakes to cheating, an insured …
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies announced several management changes that were approved at this month’s quarterly meeting of the board of directors. The changes are effective Jan. 1, 2014. Robert Glass has been promoted to senior vice president, products and …
Massachusetts and Vermont are withholding payments and considering legal options against the contractor that set up the states’ problem-plagued health insurance websites. Massachusetts has paid $11 million of its $69 million contract with CGI Group, a Montreal-based information technology company. …
As a second New Year since Superstorm Sandy approaches, many coastal residents are still waiting for New York, New Jersey and New York City to distribute billions of federal dollars that were intended to go directly to people struggling to …
A “Surge” Bulletin from GAB Robins reports that the “Christmas storms have caused widespread storm and flood damage with the worst affected areas so far in the south of the country.” The bulletin said: “We have already received a large …
