October 11, 2016
Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew has displaced several thousand people in North Carolina, and authorities were helping more evacuate on Tuesday as swollen rivers threatened a wide swath of the state. Governor Pat McCrory warned of “extremely dangerous” …
October 11, 2016
The Idaho Department of Insurance has received a proposal from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for an overall rate drop of 1.2 percent percent in workers’ compensation insurance to become effective Jan. 1, 2017. NCCI collects information about the …
October 11, 2016
LCTA Workers’ Comp announced that it will be expanding its geographic reach to include Mississippi and Arkansas. LCTA at the start of the month began writing lines of workers’ comp coverage to small-to-mid-sized businesses in Mississippi. The company said it …
October 11, 2016
Kentucky State University is temporarily closing a residence hall after mold was found. The Frankfort school says in a news release that university officials were told last week that mold had been discovered in some rooms at Chandler Residence Hall. …
October 11, 2016
Hurricane Matthew is gone, but the disaster it unleashed will slowly unfold this week as rivers across eastern North Carolina rise to levels unseen since a similar deluge flooded thousands of homes and businesses during Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Emergency …
October 11, 2016
Technology-inspired startup insurance broker Embroker, which bills itself as the first modern business insurance platform, has officially launched. Embroker is a commercial lines platform that empowers — hence the name, Embroker — businesses of all sizes to manage, buy, analyze, …
October 11, 2016
Sen. Bill Cassidy says Louisiana will get $437 million of the $500 million in flood recovery assistance allocated by Congress. Congress approved the $500 million in flood recovery assistance as part of a hybrid spending measure passed in September. But …
October 11, 2016
Michigan agriculture officials are seeking proposals for food safety education and training grants. The Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development says grants from the Food Safety Education Fund are competitive. The grants are designed to provide training and education …
October 11, 2016
The record pace of construction in Sioux Falls isn’t letting up. The Argus Leader reported that the city has permitted $573.4 million in construction through September, up from $546 million over the same period last year. The city has permitted …
October 11, 2016
Three years after passage of sweeping legislation that revamped Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system, courts are scrapping significant parts of the law in decisions that say the regulations violate the state constitution and do not provide adequate protection to workers. The …