Latest Restaurant Headlines
All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.H. Liquor Agency Flexes New Suspension Power
Mar 30 2004 // Exercising its new power, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission has suspended the Laconia Rod and Gun Club’s liquor license because the club had two illegal sale violations and no liquor liability insurance. Liquor...
Tennessee Restaurant Assoc. Program Names Great Central Insurance as Preferred Provider
Mar 29 2004 // Great Central Insurance, a member of Argonaut Group Inc.’s Specialty Commercial segment, announced that they have been appointed the Preferred Provider for the Tennessee Restaurant Association (TRA) property and...
Judge Bars Silverstein from WTC Trial over Remarks
Mar 22 2004 // Judge Michael Mukasey has come down hard on Larry Silverstein, barring him from attending the current trial over the amount of recovery for the destruction of the World Trade Center, after he reportedly violated the...
State Orders Calif. Restaurants to Close Due to Lack of WC Coverage
Nov 10 2003 // State Labor Commissioner Art Lujan ordered the closure of nine International House of Pancakes (IHOP) restaurants in Sacramento and Fresno because the restaurants did not have a valid workers’ compensation insurance...
Small Restaurants
Jul 21 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: London American has unveiled a new Small Restaurant program. The new program will target independently owned small restaurants, fast food restaurants, and refreshment stands. The exclusive program is...
London American Unveils New Calif. Small Restaurant Program
Jun 25 2003 // London American has unveiled a new Small Restaurant program for California. Written on a non-admitted basis with an A XV insurer, the new program will target independently-owned small restaurants, fast food restaurants,...
Nightclub Tragedies to Worsen Already Volatile Marketplace
Apr 21 2003 // The recent nightclub tragedies in Chicago and Rhode Island, which all told killed 120 people, will lead to stricter underwriting and discourage new carriers from entering that volatile market, according to a broker who has...
Nightclub Tragedies to Worsen Already Volatile Marketplace
Apr 21 2003 // The recent nightclub tragedies in Chicago and Rhode Island, which all told killed 120 people, will lead to stricter underwriting and discourage new carriers from entering that volatile market, according to a broker who has...
Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
Excess Surplus & Specialty
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Ajalon Specialty Insurance Brokers has E&S and Specialty Markets available for auto-commercial (commercial auto liabiltyÑmisc./special purpose), contractors & related, artisian contractors,...
New Market: Excess Surplus and Specialty
Jul 11 2002 // Ajalon Specialty Insurance Brokers has E&S and specialty markets available for auto-commercial (commercial auto liability—misc./special purpose), contractors & related, artisan contractors, contractors...
NH Supreme Court Upholds Proportional Damage Award Limits
Jul 1 2002 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a state law limiting the payment of damages to the percentage of fault in cases where a defendant has been found less than 50 percent liable for the injuries. A report from the...
Nightclubs, Bars, Restaurants
Apr 15 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: M.J. Hall & Co has available a program for nightclubs, bars and restaurants. Available on a brokerage basis. Endorsements—assault and battery. Dollars: nonadmitted market Carrier: Clarendon...
Wash. State Program Aims to Reduce Teen Injuries
Jan 30 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) and the Washington Restaurant Association (WRA) have launched a joint program to reduce injuries to teen workers in fast-food restaurants throughout the state. It began in...
Liquor Liability: Taking a Brief Trip Back in History
Jul 30 2001 // Court decisions coupled with new state statutes are holding sellers of alcoholic beverages increasingly responsible for damages under liquor liability laws. Nevertheless, liquor liability insurance continues to be a quiet,...
Are High-Flying Hospitality Markets Headed for a Free-Fall’
Jul 23 2001 // If the hospitality market has firmed recently to, say, the consistency of crème brulée, will it necessarily become more like peanut brittle in the coming months? Who knows? But like many areas of today’s economy,...
Liquor Liability Insurance: More Than Half Still Do Without
Jul 23 2001 // Court decisions coupled with new state statutes are holding sellers of alcoholic beverages increasingly responsible for damages under liquor liability laws. Nevertheless, liquor liability insurance continues to be a quiet,...
Barshefsky In Beijing – Seeks To Break China/WTO Impasse
Oct 12 2000 // Chief U.S. trade negotiator Charlene Barshefsky made an unscheduled trip to Beijing to meet premier Zhu Rongji in an apparent effort to break the impasse which has developed between Chinese and WTO negotiators in Geneva...
Gentlemen’s Clubs Can Be a Better Risk than the Local Watering-Hole
Aug 21 2000 // “I’ve had carriers walk away from a lot of the adult stuff…even though it was a good class of business, they just didn’t want to be associated with it.” As patrons continue to spend their...