Drivers for rideshare services like Uber and Lyft will have to carry hefty insurance policies, under a bill headed to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s desk. Rideshare services, or transportation network companies (TNCs), connect contract drivers, who frequently use their personal …
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has rattled parts of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the tremor was recorded around 8:20 a.m. on June 8 about 12 miles northwest of Fairview. It was about three miles deep. Geologists say earthquakes …
Western National Insurance Group, based in Edina, Minn., has hired Jeffrey W. Post as vice president of Commercial Lines. Post joins Western National from QBE North America where he most recently held the position of chief operating officer, Middle Markets. …
The South Dakota Supreme Court says a man who broke his ankle running away from a co-worker on whom he had played a prank at a construction site is entitled to workers’ compensation. In Jason Petrik v. JJ Concrete, Inc. …
Two long-time White Castle employees from Minnesota are suing the fast food chain claiming they were forced from management positions because they’re too old. Fifty-eight-year-old Terry Fransen, of St. Paul, says he was a White Castle general manager for three …
Florida-based Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that the Michigan Department of Insurance issued a Certificate of Authority to Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPCIC), establishing UPCIC as a licensed insurance entity in Michigan. In addition to Florida, UPCIC is …
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Rosemary Hughes to its growing Employer Services Platform (ESP). Hughes joins EPIC as a principal and senior consultant, …
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Co. has promoted three people to key positions. Chuck Williamson has been promoted to assistant vice president and controller, Tina Epstein Abrams has been promoted to assistant vice president in commercial wholesale brokerage and Tyna …
A former student is suing Montana State University for hiring a convicted sex offender as a music professor, saying the school’s negligence allowed Shuichi Komiyama to manipulate and rape her. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported that the judge has not …
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a National Rifle Association challenge to a San Francisco law that requires people who store handguns at home to either put them in a lockbox or disable them with a trigger lock. Over two …
