April 3, 2018
A Minnesota woman who lost her lower left leg in a boating accident is advocating for a change in state law after she was excluded from her husband’s insurance policy on the boat. Courtney Godfrey lost part of her leg …
April 3, 2018
A Michigan priest accused of embezzling more than $5 million now faces a civil lawsuit filed by the insurance company for the Catholic Diocese of Lansing. Rev. Jonathan Wehrle is charged with six counts of embezzling $100,000 or more from …
April 3, 2018
Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has named Denise Pavlov chief underwriting officer. Pavlov will report to President and CEO John Donahue, and oversee Topa’s underwriting, products, program development, human resources and marketing. She was previously a consultant for Topa in …
April 3, 2018
Coffee sellers will have to post ominous warnings in California because each cup contains a chemical linked to cancer, a judge ruled. The culprit is a byproduct of the bean roasting process that is a known carcinogen and has been …
April 3, 2018
Reinsurance buyers were able to renew loss-free programs at broadly flat pricing levels during the April 1 renewals – continuing the trend seen at the January renewals, according to a Willis Re report. Pricing was dampened by the continued amounts …
April 3, 2018
Authorities say data recovered from the wreckage of the SUV carrying a large family from Washington state shows the deadly crash may have been intentional. The California Highway Patrol says the SUV carrying the family accelerated straight off a scenic …
April 3, 2018
Insurers have received more than 2,000 insurance claims totaling more than $421 million in losses from the deadly Montecito, Calif. mudslide that destroyed or damaged more than 400 homes and businesses and killed 21 people, the California Department of Insurance …
April 3, 2018
About 15 percent of noise-exposed workers in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (AFFH) sector experience hearing loss, according to a new NIOSH hearing loss study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. While the 15 percent figure is …
April 3, 2018
Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired the shares of The Benefits Co. Inc. (TBC). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Windsor, Ontario, TBC assists, guides and protects its clients through the various …
April 3, 2018
A Jersey City, N.J., woman has been charged with stealing more than $46,000 by fraudulently collecting her mother’s workers’ comp dependency benefits for nearly three years after she died. Wanda Berry was indicted on charges of second-degree insurance fraud and …