The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled in March that a worker who fell asleep while driving a company truck and hit a utility pole in the course of his employment is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for the severe injuries …
The Chubb Corporation announced on April 7 that it estimates the impact of losses from catastrophes for the first quarter of 2015 to be approximately $250 million before tax ($0.69 per share after tax). The Warren, New Jersey-headquartered Chubb said …
An insurance company is suing the owners of a $4 million mansion that burned to the ground in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio, last year. Chubb National Insurance Co. recently filed a lawsuit in federal court in Cincinnati in response to one …
Kristine Neate, Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corporation and State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company (State Auto Mutual) hired Michael E. LaRocco as president and chief executive officer. LaRocco officially takes over the duties of current President and CEO Robert P. Restrepo …
High on the list of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s legislative priorities is reducing the amount employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance. Illinois currently has some of the highest workers’ comp costs in the nation. Rauner, a Republican, says one reason …
An appeals court has ruled that Missouri can’t limit health insurance navigators’ ability to help people obtain insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. The 8th Circuit Court in St. Louis blocked parts of a Missouri law that limit the …
A Nashville judge has found a state law that limits the amount of workers’ compensation benefits laborers living in the U.S. illegally can receive is unconstitutional. The ruling stems from the case of a Guatemalan man, Carlos Martinez, whose left …
Shawn Kay has joined the staff at BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company as a customer service representative in the Miami office working with personal insurance clients. Kay joined BB&T-OTC after completing his training with Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers, a nonprofit organization …
North Carolina authorities have praised a sharp decline in workplace deaths over the past few years, but what Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry hasn’t said is the state changed the criteria for the deaths it reports. Berry reported just 23 deaths …
The Atlantic hurricane season in 2015 will see fewer than the average number of storms, according to Colorado State University researchers. Researchers Philip Klotzbach and William Gray said that cooler ocean temperatures and the expectation that favorable atmospheric conditions will …
