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Kentucky’s Churchill Downs, Jockeys Reach Insurance Pact
Feb 6 2012 // Churchill Downs Inc. and the Jockeys’ Guild have reached an agreement to subsidize riders’ health insurance, life insurance and disability benefits for members of the Guild who ride in the United States. Terms...
Kentucky’s Churchill Downs, Jockeys’ Guild Reach Insurance Agreement
Jan 25 2012 // Churchill Downs Inc. and the Jockeys’ Guild have reached an agreement to subsidize riders’ health insurance, life insurance and disability benefits for members of the Guild who ride in the United States. Terms...
Churchill Downs Ending Payments for Jockeys’ Off-Track Injuries
Sep 19 2011 // Churchill Downs Inc. plans to stop paying the trade association representing jockeys to fund riders’ off-track needs, such as benefits or health insurance coverage that’s not racing related. Churchill...
Fired Worker Wins Bias Suit Against Mississippi Casino
Aug 23 2011 // A former Tunica, Mississippi, casino employee said he was fired from his supervisory job because he is Jewish. A federal jury agreed with him. In U.S. District Court in Greenville, a jury awarded Marc Silverberg $578,000...
Maryland Casino Construction Site Collapse Kills Worker
Aug 1 2011 // Anne Arundel County officials say one construction worker was killed and another was injured when a 30-foot wall collapsed at the site of a casino being built at Arundel Mills Mall. Rescue workers were called to the site...
Slot Machine Gambler Sues Mississippi Casino for Arm Injury
Jul 27 2011 // A Tennessee man is suing a Mississippi casino because he claims the slot machine he was playing broke apart and injured his arm and back. Randy E. Perkins of Hickman County, Tenn., said he was injured at Tunica Roadhouse...
Kentucky’s Churchill Downs Assessing Tornado Damage
Jun 24 2011 // A possible tornado damaged several horse barns at Churchill Downs, prompting track officials to temporarily halt races Thursday at the famed Kentucky Derby horse track. Some horses have been moved to private farms,...
Churchill Downs Cleaning Up After Tornado
Jun 23 2011 // Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Ky., said it will resume live horse racing the night of Friday, June 24, after a day off to survey tornado damage to barns and other structures. The racing facility was forced to...
Flooded River Taking Aim at Mississippi Delta
May 12 2011 // The Mississippi River took aim at one of the most poverty-stricken parts of the U.S. Wednesday, leaving some low-lying Memphis neighborhoods inundated, but the city’s high levees protected much of the rest. In...
Mississippi River Nears Highest Levels Since 1937
Apr 27 2011 // The National Weather Service has forecast that the Mississippi River will crest at Vicksburg and Natchez at the highest levels since 1937. Forecasts are the river will crest at 52.5 feet in Vicksburg on May 13 and at 60...
New Alabama AG Says Oil Spill Claims Top Priority
Jan 11 2011 // Incoming Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says he will hold nothing back to make sure the state and its citizens are compensated for all losses because of last year’s massive BP oil spill. Strange said he will...
2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory
Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Mississippi Casino Workers’ BP Oil Claims Get Second Look
Dec 13 2010 // The agency in charge of paying Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims is requesting information from casinos that could lead to payments to hundreds of gambling employees previously denied damage claims, the head of an industry...
Venture Insurance Launches Hotel and Casino Programs
Nov 16 2010 // Venture Insurance Programs, a national program administrator has launched Concierge, a hotel insurance program, and SafeBet, a casino insurance program, both offering all lines of coverage. Conciergeprovides all lines of...
Casino’s Barge Not Liable for Mississippi Marina’s Damage During Katrina
Nov 1 2010 // The owners of a Biloxi marina damaged by a casino-owned barge that came loose during Hurricane Katrina are considering an appeal of a Mississippi court ruling that the casino is not liable for the destruction. The state...
Mississippi Casino’s Barge Not Liable for Marina’s Damage During Katrina
Oct 15 2010 // The owners of a Biloxi marina damaged by a casino-owned barge that came loose during Hurricane Katrina are considering an appeal of a Mississippi court ruling that the casino is not liable for the destruction. Last week,...
New Mexico Insurance Chief: ‘Sad’ Comments Led to Resignation
May 17 2010 // New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Morris Chavez has resigned, saying he and his family have been the targets of “sad and derogatory” online comments in the wake of a contentious health insurance rate case his...
New Mexico Insurance Chief: ‘Sad’ Comments Led to Resignation
May 6 2010 // New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Morris Chavez announced he will resign, saying he and his family have been the targets of “sad and derogatory” online comments in the wake of a contentious health insurance...
Ex-Agent Gets Five Years for Connecticut Fraud
May 6 2010 // A Connecticut financial adviser has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding more than two dozen clients of more than $2 million and losing the money while gambling in casinos. Thomas Cipriano was sentenced...
Keystone Insurers’ Kentucky Derby and Where It’s Going Next
Apr 19 2010 // Pennsylvania-based insurance agency franchisor Keystone Insurers Group has more than 200 agency owner-partners and it’s not done yet, says Colin Buzzard, Keystone’s executive vice president of sales and...
