March 14, 2019
Legislation that would make the Small Employer Quality Jobs Program more accessible to startup companies and small businesses has passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote of 88 to 5. The Small Employer Quality Jobs Program is …
March 14, 2019
Brad Kronland has been promoted to director of Insurance Lending at Indianapolis-based Oak Street Funding, a First Financial Bank company. Kronland has worked in the banking and the financial services industries since 1995 and has been with Oak Street since …
March 14, 2019
Boston-based insurtech company Corvus Insurance has expanded its underwriting appetite for its Smart Cyber Insurance product lines with the launch of an excess cyber insurance policy designed to give brokers the ability to participate on the coverage towers of larger …
March 14, 2019
The family of a black man killed by a Nashville police officer filed a federal lawsuit Monday, naming the city and the white officer who fatally shot the man from behind as he ran with a gun. Attorney Joy Kimbrough …
March 14, 2019
Millions of Americans get their health insurance and retirement accounts through their employers. Now some are getting help with their debt. Companies including insurer Aetna and accounting firm PwC help employees pay down student loans. Others partner with startups to …
March 14, 2019
The daughter of an Alabama woman whose cremated remains were lost by a funeral home has been awarded $12 million. Al.com reports the jury verdict was announced Monday after Pine Crest Funeral Home in Mobile lost the remains of Shelley …
March 14, 2019
As Florida lawmakers weigh reform for the state’s assignment of benefits crisis, the insurance industry and regulators are closely monitoring a case addressing post-loss policy language that is currently before the state’s high court. Initial briefs are being filed in …
March 14, 2019
Insurance Office of America (IOA) has added three new staff members to its offices in Florida. Michelle Newton joined the company’s office in Tampa. With nearly 20 years’ experience, Newton specializes in working with condominium associations, and has extensive knowledge …
March 13, 2019
Johnson & Johnson must pay $29 million to a dying California woman who blamed asbestos-tainted talc for causing her cancer, the company’s latest loss over its iconic baby powder. Jurors in state court in Oakland, California, on Wednesday held J&J …
March 13, 2019
U.S. regulators reversed course Wednesday and announced they will ground Boeing Co.’s top-selling 737 Max family of airliners amid safety concerns after a crash Sunday in Ethiopia — five months after a similar tragedy off Indonesia. “The safety of the …