Ohio residents with work-related back injuries in most cases must try remedies like rest, physical therapy and chiropractic care before turning to spinal fusion surgery and prescription painkillers under a groundbreaking new guideline that is partly meant to reduce the …
A group of Indiana health and business organizations is pushing for a repeal of some legal protections given to smokers. The Alliance for a Healthier Indiana hopes to get rid of a state law that bans employers from screening job …
Federal investigators believe a broken wheel caused a May 2015 oil train derailment that prompted the evacuation of Heimdal, North Dakota. The National Transportation Safety Board says in a recently released report that investigators found a mark on the track …
The city of West, Texas, and several other plaintiffs have reached settlements and partial settlements of claims stemming from a deadly explosion in the central Texas town. An April 13, 2013, blaze heated up 30 tons of ammonium nitrate at …
Surplus lines premium in Texas increased to $5.46 billion in 2017, up from $5.12 billion in 2016, according to data collected by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). The numbers represent a 6.5 percent growth over 2016, and …
In early 2016, Zurich North America teamed up with William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Ill., to offer an apprenticeship in insurance program and now its first group of employee-students have graduated with a job at the company and an …
A study suggests if the Houston area continues to boom for 60 years and sea levels rise, a direct hit to Galveston from a massive hurricane could destroy $31.8 billion worth of homes, the Houston Chronicle reported. Texas A&M researchers …
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has reversed the previous findings of its own panel and a lower court in ruling that state, not maritime, law applies in a case involving a worker injury at an oil …
Connie Clarke has been appointed president of TDECU Insurance Agency LLC in Lake Jackson, Texas. Clarke brings more than 20 years’ experience in both the insurance and financial services industries to the organization. Clarke is responsible for integrating and executing …
Arkansas had a 21 percent increase in the number of licensed insurance agents last year and a 4 percent rise in the number of licensed agencies, the state insurance department reported. According to Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr, the “increase …
