Monthly Archives: <span>April 2017</span>

Chubb’s Combined Insurance Moves to Chicago’s Triangle Plaza

Combined Insurance, a provider of individual supplemental accident, disability, health and life insurance products, and a Chubb company, has moved from its Glenview, Ill., office into Chicago’s Triangle Plaza, effective April 10. Approximately 300 Combined Insurance employees are based out …

American Dental Association to Pay $1.95M in EEOC Discrimination Case

The American Dental Association, which is headquartered in Chicago, has agreed to pay $1.95 million to resolve two charges of discrimination which were investigated by the Chicago District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency …

Heavy Rains in South Carolina Cause Street Flooding, Power Outages

Heavy rains moving across South Carolina have left street flooding and scattered power outages. Duke Energy reported more than 2,500 customers without electricity Monday morning. Most of those were in Greenville County. South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. reported about …

EPA Says 3 Injection Wells Source of Contamination in Oklahoma Creek

The Environmental Protection Agency says it has narrowed the source of salt contamination in an Osage County, Oklahoma, creek to three nearby oil and natural gas injection wells. The Tulsa World reports the contamination was first reported in August 2016 …

10-Year Old Boy Set Fire at Ohio Store with People Inside, Police Say

Police say a 10-year-old boy has been charged as a juvenile with aggravated arson after a fire at an Ohio discount store caused damage estimated at more than $200,000. Middletown police Lt. Jim Cunningham says about 10 people were inside …

Michigan Lawmaker’s Proposal Would Allow Auto Insurance Options

Michigan state Rep. Jason Sheppard of Temperance has introduced legislation that he says would help drivers and families financially saddled by Michigan’s exorbitant automobile insurance rates. House Bill 4488 will allow consumers to choose a level of coverage, up to …

MetLife Asks Court to Delay ‘Too Big to Fail’ Challenge as Trump Vows Review

MetLife Inc. is asking a U.S. court to put on pause a case over how the government deems certain companies “too big to fail,” one of the most significant reforms to come out of the financial crisis, while President Donald …

New Jersey’s York Names Walsh Executive Vice President and Chief Claims Officer

York Risk Services Group (York), a Parsippany, N.J.-based provider of claims management, managed care, specialized loss adjusting, alternative risk programs, pool administration and other insurance services, has named Patrick Walsh as executive vice president and chief claims officer for York …

Colorado City Agrees to Pay $212K in Racial Profiling Suit

A Colorado city has agreed to pay $212,000 to settle a racial profiling lawsuit over the arrest of two black men that was captured on cellphone video and widely viewed on social media. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported the city …

Inspectors Find Continuing Safety Issues at Washington Mental Hospital

Inspectors who visited Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital found that safety problems that thrust the facility into the national spotlight after the escape of two dangerous patients a year ago persist, including neglected patients. And a survey of Western State …