A jury has awarded nearly $17 million to a former Ford engineer who sued the automaker for discrimination because he says two supervisors repeatedly berated and criticized him for his Arab background and accent. On March 28, a federal jury …
More than seven months after Hurricane Harvey’s destructive floods damaged hundreds of thousands of homes across a wide swath of southeast Texas, the Houston City Council on April 4 approved the first overhaul to floodplain regulations in a decade. Originally …
Louisiana’s legal drinking age will remain 21, after a state senator shelved his proposal to let some younger people buy alcoholic beverages if they’re educated about the risks before imbibing. Sen. Eric LaFleur said he was trying to promote mature …
The state of Missouri has paid out nearly $600,000 to a female corrections officer to settle another sexual harassment lawsuit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday cited a report issued by the Missouri attorney general’s office showing that Michelle Findley …
U.S. Steel will pay a $600,000 civil penalty and $630,000 to reimburse various federal agencies for costs and damages after one of its plants discharged wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a tributary of Lake Michigan, federal and state …
Des Moines, Iowa-based Holmes Murphy has added Jimmy Schneider to its Sioux Falls, S.D., team as vice president of Employee Benefits. Schneider is a second-generation insurance agent and will play a crucial role working with customers on strategic direction and …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has been named to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud‘s executive committee. He was elected unanimously by the Coalition’s executive committee. Doak, who is serving a second straight year as chair of the National Association …
A team including an Iowa State University researcher studied Galveston, Texas, homes following Hurricane Ike, finding that the types of housing and homeowners – and how U.S. recovery policy handles each – played a major role in recovery outcomes. Sara …
The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s governing committee has voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit a lower mid-year pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance based in part on reduced lien filings and a new …
A.M. Best has removed from under review with negative implications, downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “aa-” from “aa” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A+ (Superior) for the members of Andover Companies Pool. The outlook assigned to …
