June 22, 2020
A second lawsuit has been filed against an Oregon ranch accused of causing millions of dollars in damages by negligently igniting a 2018 wildfire. The federal government filed a complaint claiming that J-Spear Ranch of Paisley, Oregon, started the Watson …
June 22, 2020
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck central Nevada Friday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The temblor struck at 1:42 p.m. about 21 miles southeast of Mina, Nevada, in Esmeralda County’s Monte Cristo Range. Minor quakes have rattled the region since …
June 22, 2020
Two-year old Liberty Mutual Re said it has appointed Scott Mackie to the role of director of Assumed Reinsurance – Property. Mackie will be responsible for managing the underwriting of U.S. property risk and pro-rata business. Most recently senior property …
June 22, 2020
PG&E Corp. said its Chapter 11 reorganization plan has been confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, bringing the power provider one step closer to emerging from bankruptcy and participate in a state-backed wildfire …
June 22, 2020
Efma, an association of more than 3,300 retail financial services companies in 130 countries, and Accenture, the professional services company, have announced the winners of the fifth annual Innovation in Insurance Awards during a virtual awards ceremony. The awards competition, …
June 22, 2020
Nursing home residents account for nearly 1 in 10 of all the coronavirus cases in the United States and more than a quarter of the deaths, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data released Thursday. As federal data …
June 22, 2020
A nursing home owned by Life Care Centers of America Inc. has fired one nurse and banned another from the premises after the two were quoted in a Reuters investigation detailing horrific conditions, a staff exodus and a botched management …
June 22, 2020
Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a contingency policy designed to cover event organizers if a transmission failure disrupts or cancels a live virtual event. The insurer acknowledged that streaming live events is not new but the policy responds to an …
June 22, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bravo Pak Inc. for failing to abate hazards at its Pennsauken, N.J., facility. The company owes $259,760 in penalties. In June 2019, OSHA cited the shipping supplies …
June 22, 2020
A federal judge has declined to allow a southern New Jersey gym to reopen as it continues a constitutional challenge to the state order that shut down businesses deemed non-essential in order to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. …