Grain bin entrapments and other confined space accidents on the nation’s farms fell to their lowest level in a decade last year, a Purdue University study has found. The U.S. had 47 accidents in grain bins or other confined spaces …
Michigan and California, vying for control of our driverless future, are each proposing crumbling World War II military sites as ideal locations to test robot cars. Michigan’s secret weapon? Better potholes. The Great Lakes state plans to make a test …
Middleton, Wis.-based wholesale broker and managing general agent, Compass Specialty Risk LLC, has added Matt Huczek as assistant vice president and broker. Based in Middleton and focused on casualty lines with an emphasis on construction and environmental, Huczek will concentrate …
The total number of insurance producers operating in Missouri has grown nearly 25 percent since 2009, from 119,064 to 147,688 today, according to Missouri Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff. The state insurance department also reports an upswing in …
The organizers of Salt Lake Comic Con and San Diego Comic-Con say they’re getting closer to settling a court battle over naming rights. Attorneys for the two pop-culture conventions say they have been able to resolve many of their disagreements …
A federal agency has ordered an Alaska flight service company to compensate and rehire a pilot fired after reporting safety concerns four years ago. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it’s ordering Homer-based Bald Mountain Air …
Insurance broker Aon announced several leadership appointments in the U.S. Warren Mula assumes the newly created global role of president of Aon Risk Solutions. He will serve as a strategic advisor across the business. Mula most recently served as chief …
The demise of Google’s online insurance comparison site Google Compare is being hailed by some in the industry as a victory for the traditional agency system. But agents may want to hold off on breaking out the champagne. Leading online …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled a willingness to give federal judges more discretion to boost penalties for patent infringement as the justices heard arguments in cases brought by Stryker Corp. and Halo Electronics Inc. Stryker, a medical device …
The ailing coal industry must face the costs of cleaning up spent mines even as companies get pushed toward bankruptcy, the U.S. Interior Secretary said this week. The mining industry is responsible for restoring old mine sites but a taxpayer …
