Florida’s tourism and hospitality industry should reopen from the coronavirus pandemic slowly, focusing first on getting residents to take in-state vacations before branching out to domestic and international travelers, a business subcommittee charged with making recommendations was told Tuesday. Florida’s …
An Illinois industrial device manufacturer will pay $275,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by federal officials. In its lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged IDEC Corporation, unlawfully discriminated when it terminated …
A 16-page set of recommendations for safely re-opening a Louisiana economy staggered by the fight against the new coronavirus was released on April 22 by state business interests as Gov. John Bel Edwards weighed his next move. Louisiana’s current stay-at-home …
Severe weather moved through the South on April 23 after killing at least seven people in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, including a worker at a factory hit by an apparent tornado, a man whose car was blown off the road …
XPT Partners LLC has acquired Texas-based LP Risk Inc., a full service managing general agency (MGA) and surplus lines broker with a wide range of commercial property/casualty coverages distributed to retail agents through in-house and brokerage markets. Led by Landon …
Some of the world’s largest companies have advised against the use of Zoom Video Communications Inc.’s conferencing app, fueling a growing backlash against a service that shot to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Daimler AG, Ericsson AB and NXP Semiconductors …
Pioneer Underwriters, the managing general agency, and K2 Insurance Services LLC, the specialty insurance services holding company, announced they have signed terms for a portfolio transfer, to facilitate K2’s purchase of Pioneer. Under the transaction, Pioneer’s ongoing underwriting portfolio, together …
An Alaska Native cultural organization is suing luxury retailer Neiman Marcus, saying the company violated copyright and American Indian arts protection laws in selling a knit coat with a geometric design borrowed from indigenous culture. In the lawsuit filed this …
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance contract and a transfer agreement with Repwest Insurance Co. Repwest is based in Phoenix Ariz., and is a wholly owned subsidiary company of AMERCO. …
Former XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully fired by league owner Vince McMahon just before the professional football league shut its doors. The lawsuit, filed last week in Connecticut, alleges the commissioner received …
