Latest Protests Riots Headlines
All the headlines from our Protests Riots Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine’s Kennebunkport Weighs Insurance Requirement for Protesters
Apr 15 2008 // Kennebunkport, a Maine town occasionally targeted by crowds of demonstrators, will be voting in June on the latest revision to its mass-gathering ordinance. The Maine Civil Liberties Union objected to the initial...
New Jerseyans Protest Designation of Superfund Site
Mar 21 2008 // Officials in Gibbsboro, New Jersey are protesting the designation of a federal Superfund environmental site. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the designation for 60 acres that center on a former...
10 N.Y. business protest ‘scaffold law’ as session nears end
Jun 18 2007 // Coalition urges Gov. Spitzer, lawmakers to end strict liability now 10 Maine insurer caught up in nationwide scam Scammers have latched onto an insurer’s name and logo – without permission 10 Storms of...
Case of Wrongly Arrested WTO Protesters Settled for $1 million
Apr 4 2007 // Seattle’s insurance company has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims that about 175 people were wrongly arrested during a peaceful WTO protest in 1999. The case went to trial in January, and a federal jury found...
Companies Protest W. Va. Public Health Contract Award to Md. Firm
Mar 23 2007 // West Virginia’s selection of a Maryland company to manage a new health insurance program for retired public workers is being challenged by two other companies that sought the work. The Public Employees Insurance...
N.Y. agents protest reported incidents as ‘red flags’ for rating
Nov 20 2006 // New York agents want insurers to stop and think before penalizing small businesses that report incidents where no paid claims result. The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. has sent a letter to 26...
10 N.Y. agents protest incidents as red flags
Nov 19 2006 // Should mere incidents affect pricing? 10 Laptop stolen from broker HRH deals with lost data on Villanova N1 Employee crime: big threat to small firms More than one in three firms experience theft N1 Commercial premiums...
French Protesters Urge Nationwide Anti-Asbestos Lawsuit
Oct 3 2006 // Thousands of protesters gathered this past weekend at a landmark Paris tower once lined with asbestos to demand a nationwide lawsuit against those who allowed workers to be exposed to the hazardous substance. Relatives of...
Ind. War Protestor Asked for Insurance Proof to Continue Protests
Aug 29 2006 // A northern Indiana woman who stages weekly protests against the war in Iraq says county officials are infringing on free speech rights by asking her to show proof of insurance to continue her protests. The Porter County...
Wendy’s Claims Blood Disorder, Not Burger, Sickened Maine Woman
Aug 4 2006 // A Maine woman who claims she was sickened by an undercooked Wendy’s burger says the pain she endured was worse than she remembered when she gave birth. But Wendy’s contends the woman’s illness was likely...
Florida vows to implement credit scoring rule despite protests
Jun 19 2006 // Florida insurance officials are vowing to enforce a new rule regarding the use of credit scores in insurance starting September 1, despite protests from the industry that the rule is too stringent. The Financial Services...
Minn.’s Hatch Protests Compensation Package Given to Health Group CEO
Apr 26 2006 // Minnesota’s Attorney General Mike Hatch said this week that he will press the state’s $50 billion investment fund to vote against UnitedHealth Group Inc. chairman Bill McGuire to protest his...
Unrestrained Litigation Threatens Miss. Judicial System, Insurers Contend
Mar 27 2006 // While slow but steady progress is being made in improving Mississippi’s judicial climate, the good news is tempered by the threat to the state from unrestrained litigation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, according...
French Insurers Plan Rapid Processing of Riot Related Claims
Nov 11 2005 // Spokesmen for France’s insurance industry have indicated that it will speed up claims processing in order to pay for damages to vehicles and property resulting from the urban violence that has rocked France for over...
DOCTORS PROTEST WORKERS’ COMP PAYMENTS:
Sep 5 2005 // Doctors are protesting the state’s attempt to freeze their workers’ compensation payments at 1995 levels. The Vermont Medical Society maintains that the low rates are hurting doctors–and making it...
UPDATE: New Orleans Evacuations Continue; Military Moves in to Control Looting, Riots
Sep 1 2005 // In what New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin called ‘A Desperate SOS,” city, state and federal officials worked into the evening Thursday trying to evacuate refugees from the Louisiana Superdome, who are headed to...
SOX Debate Must Go On Despite Insurers’ Protests, Va.’s Gross Insists
Jul 7 2005 // The debate over insurance company financial reporting should center on the value of what is reported and the effort to change the rules must go on despite opposition by some, according to the state insurance commissioner...
Va. Chief Insists SOX Debate Must Go On Despite Insurers’ Protests
Jul 4 2005 // The debate over insurance company financial reporting should center on the value of what is being reported by insurers and the effort to change the reporting rules must go on despite opposition by some, according to the...
MD. DOCS HALT SURGERY IN PROTEST:
Oct 11 2004 // Physicians in northwest Maryland plan to halt non-emergency surgeries for at least two weeks to protest a 33 percent increase in malpractice premiums. The Maryland Insurance Administration approved the increase for 2005...
Md. Docs to Stop Surgery to Protest Med-Mal Hike
Sep 28 2004 // Physicians in northwest Maryland plan to halt non-emergency surgeries for at least two weeks to protest a 33 percent increase in malpractice insurance premiums. The Maryland Insurance Administration on Sept. 14 approved...
