Monthly Archives: <span>August 2024</span>

Employer’s Clinic May Not be Protected by Workers’ Comp Remedy, SC Court Says

The South Carolina Court of Appeals has signaled that employers who offer on-site health clinics may not be immune from tort claims from injured or sickened workers. It’s the latest twist to a question that has bounced around courts and …

Prompted by Mass Shooting, Maine Implements New Gun Safety Laws

With eleventh hour guidance from the state, Maine gun retailers on Friday began requiring a three-day wait period for gun purchases under one of the new safety laws adopted following the state’s deadliest mass shooting. Maine joined a dozen other …

People Moves: Embroker Appoints Lea Chief Insurance Officer, Malm to COO; Ryan Specialty Promotes Lentz to President of RT Specialty High Net Worth

Embroker, headquartered in San Francisco, appointed Andrew (Andy) Lea chief insurance officer and promoted Kristy Malm to chief operating officer. Lea mas more than two decades of insurance experience. Beginning his career in insurance as an underwriter, he later served …

OSHA Says Alleged Fall Hazards Could Cost Adidas in New York Nearly $400K

Federal workplace safety officials say that Adidas America Inc. – maker of one of the world’s best-selling sneakers – faces almost $400,000 in penalties for allegedly continuing to ignore federal workplace safety standards. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) …

Residents in Alaska Capital Clean up Swamped Homes After Ice Dam Burst and Unleashed a Flood

In her yard under the blazing sun, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a water-logged cookbook with sentimental value that she hoped to salvage but doubted she could. Nearby, friends helped carry boxes out of her family’s garage, which was inundated …

Court, Not Board, Must Decide If Insurer Was Negligent After Canceling Policy

Claims that a workers’ compensation insurer acted with negligence after it canceled a policy are for a court, not the state’s workers’ compensation board, to decide, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. had succeeded before both …

Residents in Alaska Capital Clean up Swamped Homes After Ice Dam Burst and Unleashed a Flood

In her yard under the blazing sun, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a water-logged cookbook with sentimental value that she hoped to salvage but doubted she could. Nearby, friends helped carry boxes out of her family’s garage, which was inundated …

J&J Gets Plaintiff Backing for $6.5 Billion Baby Powder Accord

Johnson & Johnson has cleared a key hurdle for advancing a $6.5 billion plan to resolve thousands of lawsuits by people who say its baby powder gave them cancer, according to people familiar with the matter. More than 75% of …

The Future is Uninsurable? Hardly

In recent months the dynamic markings for voices asserting the insurance industry is not up to challenges posed by climate change have gone from mezzo-piano to mezzo-forte. In his endorsement of a proposal by Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to create …

Become an Attractive Risk for Underwriters

This post is part of a series sponsored by TSIB. Insurance Carriers are reducing their appetite for risk and increasing premiums. This means they are being much more selective in what they are willing to insure. If they are going …