A California mental health facility is being sued by the family of Kevin Turner, who was found suffocated in his bed last year. The San Luis Obispo Tribune reported the lawsuit against Atascadero State Hospital says Turner was put at …
An apparent cyberattack Sunday temporarily disrupted the main website of Thirty Meter Telescope, the organization trying to construct one of the world’s largest telescopes near the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii’s Big Island. Thirty Meter Telescope spokeswoman Caroline Witherspoon …
Truck drivers who haul goods from the busiest port complex in the United States walked off the job Monday in a dispute over their wages and employee status, months after another West Coast labor conflict cost major delays in billions …
The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has summarily suspended the licenses of insurance agent Daniel Castle and Mears Insurance Agency. Mears marketed business through the website theatreinsurance.com and the “National Community Theatre Coalition”, a theater insurance program …
Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. promoted Tina McKenzie to director of service desk and operations. McKenzie will continue to be based in Farmington Hills and report to Jeff Trees, Amerisure vice president of infrastructure. McKenzie is responsible for …
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a business-backed bid to put new limits on Congress’s power to authorize consumer lawsuits in federal court. The justices said they will hear an appeal from the data broker Spokeo Inc. in a dispute …
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer that sold life units to focus on property/casualty coverage, said first-quarter profit fell 5.7 percent as results deteriorated at P/C units. Net income dropped to $467 million, or $1.08 a share, from $495 …
Roy Woodall, a member of the U.S. panel charged with preventing another financial crisis, said he is concerned that global regulators have too much influence over policy in Washington. “International regulatory organizations may be attempting to exert what I consider …
The cost to rebuild Nepal after its most devastating earthquake in eight decades will exceed $10 billion and take years, Finance Minister Ram S. Mahat said. The death toll from the 7.8 magnitude temblor on April 25 has already exceeded …
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed James Engel as chief claims officer with responsibility for the overall strategic direction of the company’s global claims operation. Engel joins Endurance with …
