Monthly Archives: <span>March 2021</span>

90% of California Can Dine Indoors, Go to Movies, Gym

A year after the pandemic forced California to shut down, about 90% of the state’s nearly 40 million residents can enjoy a restaurant meal indoors, watch a movie in a theater and sweat it out inside a gym after more …

Inmate Suits Blame California Corrections for Spreading Virus

The family of a 61-year-old California inmate who died of the coronavirus sued state corrections officials Tuesday, blaming a botched transfer of infected inmates to San Quentin State Prison that killed 28 inmates and a correctional officer last year. Daniel …

South Korea Defends Mandatory COVID Testing of Foreign Workers

SEOUL- Authorities in the South Korean capital defended on Thursday a decision to order coronavirus tests for all foreign workers on penalty of fines, as calls grew for the controversial measure to be rescinded. At least one lawmaker of the …

Britain Says Financial Services Agreement With EU Should Come Soon

Britain expects to seal a financial services cooperation pact with the European Union shortly, a senior finance ministry official told a conference on challenges from market fragmentation. The City of London’s ties with the bloc were severed after Britain left …

Employment Practices Insurance in Age of COVID, Vaccines, Shutdowns and Hard Market

Overall trends for the past 30 years in the employment practices liability insurance market have been influenced by society and culture. As concerns over racial and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, gender inequality, wage-and-hour enforcement, and now COVID ebb and flow, …

Amazon Begins Offering Its Virtual Health, Pharmacy Services to Other Businesses

Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its virtual healthcare service to other Washington-state employers starting Wednesday and to its own employees nationwide this summer, the company said in a press release. Piloted in September 2019 for staff near its Seattle headquarters, “Amazon …

Munich Re’s Transportation, Logistics Specialty Broker Roanoke Expands to Canada

Roanoke Insurance Group is expanding to Canada to provide insurance and surety bonds to companies involved in logistics, transportation and shipping. The new entity, Roanoke Insurance Group Canada, Inc., (RIG CA), is an affiliate of Roanoke Insurance and part of …

$1.9M Available to Help Vermont Public Schools Meet Stormwater Rule

More than $1.9 million will soon be available to help Vermont public schools and state colleges in the Lake Champlain basin meet a new stormwater regulation to reduce pollution from entering the lake, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation said …

Buffalo Public Schools Hit by Ransomware Attack

Buffalo Public Schools were forced to cancel remote learning Friday because of a ransomware attack, the district said. The attackers had not made any demands by late Friday afternoon as the FBI and district experts investigated. “We are in the …

Pennsylvania Cheerleader’s Mom Accused of Making ‘Deepfakes’ of Rivals

A Pennsylvania woman is accused of doctoring photos and video of her daughter’s cheerleading rivals to try to get them kicked off the squad, officials said. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office last week charged Raffaela Spone, 50, with three …