Plans to turn the old California ghost town of Nipton into a marijuana paradise are on the back burner for now, although visitors to the area an hour outside Las Vegas are still encouraged to toke up privately. David Gwyther, …
The Hanover Insurance Group is weighing the sale of its international specialty insurance business, London-based Chaucer. The Worcester, Mass.-based company issued a statement confirming that it “is undertaking a review of strategic alternatives, including a possible sale” for Chaucer. The …
Brightway Insurance continues to expand across the country, opening new stores in Florida, Michigan and Texas this month. Two new agencies were opened in Florida: Dave Lego became the new owner of Brightway, Julington Creek in St. Johns, Fla. Ryan …
Atlanta’s mayor says the city continues to operate despite ongoing troubles caused by a cyberattack on its computer network last week. City officials announced Thursday that the city’s computer network had been attacked by ransomware that encrypted some city data. …
An Oklahoma law forbidding motorists on four-lane highways to impede traffic by traveling in the left lane has resulted in dozens of citations since going into effect last year. Records obtained by The Oklahoman show that 60 people were cited …
Chicago-based Promont Insurance Advisors, which specializes in hard-to-place coverages, has appointed Patti Sharkey as agency sales director. Sharkey’s expertise and experience provide a critical component in Promont’s mission to create and support coverage solutions for hard-to-place risks through excellent customer …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the workers’ comp interest/discount rate for April 1 through June 30, 2018, at 5.58 percent. This rate is computed by using the treasury constant maturity rate for one-year U.S. …
Louisiana lawmakers have jettisoned a measure that would have banned employers from requiring their workers to sign contracts that keep them from filing sexual harassment lawsuits in civil court. The House voted 50-42 against House Bill 578, with most Republicans …
A water park company’s co-owner was being held in a Texas jail on murder and other charges on March 27 in connection to a Kansas criminal case in the death of a 10-year-old boy on what was promoted as the …
The failure of even parts of the nation’s power grid could cause rolling blackouts that paralyze health care, traffic and business systems. With the advent of “smart” infrastructures that send data to the internet, cybersecurity is becoming a prime concern …
