Recent damage to underwater oil and electrical lines in the waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan that’s blamed for an insulation fluid spill was caused by a tugboat dragging its anchor, Michigan’s attorney general announced. Attorney General Bill Schuette …
Federal officials say TRU Towing Auto, a New Orleans-based towing business, has breached a settlement it agreed to after being charged with workplace pregnancy discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against the company alleging TRU …
Three people in Ohio have been charged with insurance fraud totaling more than $330,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio Kifiyun Daniels of Akron, and Jessie Banks of Barberton, and Jody Foster of Ravenna …
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Ken W. Schneider to divisional senior vice president of its Specialty Equipment Services Division. Schneider will continue to oversee the division’s underwriting, product development and management, direct sales, account management and agency …
Heavy rains on Kauai let up this week, which helped emergency workers better rescue people stranded by flooding on the Hawaiian island. By Monday afternoon, emergency crews evacuated 152 people by helicopter, 121 people by bus and others by water, …
A Southern California commuter train struck and killed a woman who fell from a platform onto tracks. Police Lt. Paul McLaughlin says the woman slipped and fell backward from the platform. McLaughlin says a man jumped onto the tracks and …
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (the Board) has proposed improvements in medical care for injured workers. Its proposal includes an increase in medical reimbursement to providers who treat workers’ compensation claimants and the adoption of a universal claim …
Most cities suing oil companies over the impact of climate change want help paying for walls to protect against rising sea levels. And then there’s Boulder, Colo. The politically liberal town known as the gateway to the Rocky Mountains and …
Arthur J. Gallagher in Jericho, N.Y., (AJG) has added four professionals from SterlingRisk in Woodbury, N.Y., to its Construction Practice Group for Long Island. Joseph A Santospirito Jr. has been named area senior vice president within AJG’s Construction Practice Group. …
DFW Capital Partners, a 35-year-old private equity firm based in New Jersey, has completed an investment in ReSource Pro, becoming the company’s majority owner. ReSource Pro, a New York-based provider of operations efficiency and business process solutions for the insurance …
