Monthly Archives: <span>February 2019</span>

Cleanup Underway After Massive Oklahoma Oil Spill

Crews are working to contain thousands of gallons of crude oil that leaked into a creek in northern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner said the oil extends for about 5 miles in Black Bear Creek in rural Garfield …

Second Talc Cancer Trial Suspended by Missouri High Court

The Missouri Supreme Court has halted an upcoming trial in a case brought by women who claim talc supplied by Imerys Talc America for use in Johnson & Johnson products gave them cancer, saying it wanted to consider a jurisdictional …

Audit of Oregon’s Marijuana Program Shows Regulators Fail to Meet Basic Standards

A new audit says Oregon’s marijuana program has failed to keep up with mandatory inspections, its weak testing system threatens to expose consumers to contaminants and regulators have done little to address black market diversion. The audit, released by the …

AM Best: Credit Ratings of Colorado Farm Bureau Under Review With Positive Implications

AM Best has placed under review with positive implications the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb-” of Colorado Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. The credit rating action follows the announcement …

AM Best Says Specialty Insurer Exposures to PG&E Bankruptcy Within Risk Appetites

Specialty companies specifically operating in the utility sector are likely to face substantial claims and losses stemming from the bankruptcy filing by PG&E Corp., the California utility whose equipment is being investigated as having a potential role in the recent …

PG&E in California Vows to Keep The Lights on Despite Bankruptcy

Utility owner PG&E Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in anticipation of liabilities from California wildfires, including a catastrophic 2018 blaze that killed 86 people. PG&E, which provides electricity and natural gas to 16 million customers in northern and …

U-Haul, Former Manager Plead Guilty After Food Truck Blast in Pennsylvania

A U-Haul subsidiary and the former general manager of one of its Philadelphia stores have pleaded guilty after a food truck explosion that killed a woman and her teenage daughter. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the U-Haul Company of Pennsylvania and …

Federal Safety Investigators Sidelined by Shutdown Begin Heading to Crash Scenes

It’s been four weeks since a van carrying children from a Louisiana church to Disney World in Florida collided with a swerving tractor-trailer, igniting diesel fuel and killing seven people in a fiery crash. Now, federal crash investigators — sidelined …

Maryland Insurance Agency Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

The Maryland Insurance Administration has settled a lawsuit over gender-based pay discrimination. News outlets report the agency will pay nearly $37,000 to three female fraud investigators who say they were paid less than their male counterparts. The settlement with the …

UK’s Eldon Insurance, Owned by Brexit Donor Banks, Fined for Data Misuse

The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office fined Brexit supporting campaign Leave.EU and a linked insurance company 120,000 pounds ($156,000) for serious breaches of electronic marketing laws as it opens a probe into how both are complying with data-protection rules. The ICO …