A federal judge is allowing Indiana University to continue with its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all students and employees. A ruling from a judge in South Bend has rejected a request from eight IU students who sought to block the …
Workers and residents at a Missouri residential nursing facility were exposed asbestos hazards when three employers at the site failed to ensure safe removal of the known carcinogen during a flooring replacement project, a federal workplace safety inspection alleges. OSHA …
A 50-year-old employee has died after falling from an elevated catwalk at a Detroit-area steel company. The man was pronounced dead at the former AK Steel facility following the fall which occurred about 3:15 a.m. on July 16, Dearborn police …
An El Paso, Texas, metal stamping manufacturing facility with a history of workplace safety violations failed again to protect its workers from the dangers of moving machine parts, federal officials said. As a result, a worker at D&D Manufacturing Inc. …
New litigated claims for Florida’s largest property/casualty insurers grew to 6,398 in June, according to data compiled by litigation management software provider CaseGlide. June litigated claims were up 14% from May’s figure of 5,364. Of the 17 largest Florida insurers …
The UK risk management association Airmic announced the appointment of Claire Combes as its next chair, effective from Sept. 1, 2021. Combes will succeed Tracey Skinner, Airmic’s current chair who also is director-Insurance & Risk Financing at BT Group plc. …
A former medical resident at Oregon Health & Science University who sued the school in 2018 alleging retaliation for her complaints about discrimination now accuses the school of breaching their settlement agreement. After mediation, OHSU was to pay $100,000 to …
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck off the Northern California coast late Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake just before midnight was about 12 kilometers west of Petrolia in Humboldt County and 56 kilometers southwest of Eureka, according to …
Noting that wildfire is a growing source of loss for both wind and solar power producers and insurers, one of the insurers is urging the U.S. solar industry to act to mitigate wildfire risk over the coming months or face …
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused reinsurance managing general agent, announced it has secured an additional $10 million in capacity for its Political Violence and Terrorism (PVT) division from Lloyd’s insurer Atrium Underwriting Ltd. This is in addition to …
