Call it the effects of wage creep during the pandemic, along with a little bit of creep in the duration of benefits. Employers and insurers in Florida saw a 7% increase in total cost per workers’ compensation claim in 2022 …
Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated against an employee because of her pregnancy and then fired her. The Frostburg, Maryland businesses, part of Fronterra Resources, offer …
Hub International Ltd. acquired Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services Inc. Merriwether & Williams has locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, The firm provides contractor development abd bonding programs, aligned risk management and special project consulting, and insurance brokerage …
It’s now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York, under a first-in-the-nation law that went into effect this week. Experts say loose federal regulation of dietary supplements has resulted in these products sometimes including unapproved …
The first quarter of the year saw the sixth straight quarterly increase (.7%) in overall registrations in California in the first quarter from the same period last year, while the state’s love affair with Tesla’s may be getting old, the …
Inszone Insurance Services acquired Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals LLC, a multi-member managed broker agency in Pasco, Washington. Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals was founded by Craig Baumgartner, Gerald Tobias, Darwin Walter, and Jorge Torres. Sacramento, California-based Inszone is an insurance brokerage firm that …
A federal appeals court panel last week rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously ordered …
No, I’m not talking about a negligent security case. I was a little late to the party but recently had the opportunity to see “Hamilton” on Broadway. While the play showcased American history, it was easy for me to draw …
New technologies and rising labor costs are putting pressure on auto insurance carriers and auto repairers by making repairs more costly and increasing repair times, trends that a new report asserts are ‘reshaping’ the industries. The bottom-line message: Newer vehicles …
Excess Casualty Market Detail: Upland Specialty Insurance offers excess casualty coverage. Target classes include manufacturers, importers and distributors; restaurants (< 30% liquor sales); hospitality, hotels, motels and casinos; commercial real estate (owners, managers); habitational <4,000 units (no subsidized, student housing …
