Latest Restaurant Headlines
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Judge Bars New York City From Hiring New Firefighters
Oct 21 2010 // A federal judge has barred New York City from hiring new firefighters after criticizing its handling of a discrimination lawsuit against the fire department. Judge Nicholas Garaufis (GEHR’-ah-fuhs) said Tuesday his...
Avizent Introduces New Risk Sharing Captive for Restaurant Industry
Aug 12 2010 // National claims and risk management service provider Avizent has launched Restaurant Franchise Captive Program II, a risk-sharing captive for restaurant franchisees covering all lines of business – workers’...
Baltimore Restaurant Workers Awarded $34M after CO Leak
Jul 30 2010 // A Baltimore jury has awarded $34.3 million to 23 employees of an Inner Harbor steakhouse who suffered brain damage as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. The plaintiffs worked for the Ruth’s Chris Steak House at...
Midlands to Provide Work Comp Program for Oklahoma Restaurants
Jul 6 2010 // Oklahoma City-based Midlands Management Corp. announced it has been selected as the endorsed workers’ compensation program provider for members of the Oklahoma Restaurant Association (ORA). In choosing Midlands as...
Affinity Benefits Partners Launches Program for Texas Restaurants
Jun 25 2010 // Affinity Benefits Partners, a Hotchkiss Insurance Programs LLC (HIP) company, has teamed up with Pan-American Benefits Solutions to offer an exclusive health benefits program for restaurants in Texas. PanaMed, underwritten...
BP Oil Spill Costing Mississippi Coast $120 Million: Report
Jun 17 2010 // The Gulf of Mexico oil spill will cost Mississippi’s coastal counties nearly $120 million in lost tourism and service industry revenues this summer season, even though the state’s beaches have not been hit by...
Restaurants Lax on Food Safety, Says Researcher
Jun 15 2010 // Here’s an unappetizing thought: A review of restaurant food safety practices found that a typical kitchen worker cross-contaminates food with potentially dangerous pathogens about once per hour. Among the risky...
Tennessee Governor Again Vetoes Bill Allowing Guns in Bars
May 21 2010 // Gov. Phil Bredesen this week vetoed a renewed effort to allow Tennessee handgun carry permit holders to bring their weapons into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. The Democratic governor said in a letter to...
Growth of Craft Beer Industry Brews Plenty of Opportunity for Insurance Professionals
May 3 2010 // Industry’s Sophistication Rises, And So Do the Risks The beer industry, like many others, has been impacted by the economy with one notable exception: craft brewers. The microbrewery, brew pub and brewery industries...
E&O Insights: Food for Thought When Insuring Bars and Restaurants
May 3 2010 // It is probably fair to say that just about every town has a restaurant or tavern. Thus, pursuing these commercial risks is probably close to a no-brainer. Before you take that first step, however, be aware that these risks...
Insential Partners with Vela Insurance to Expand Liquor Liability Program
Apr 20 2010 // Insential Inc. has joined with Vela Insurance Services, LLC to offer an exclusive liquor program for bars, night clubs, restaurants and special events to be written on Gemini Insurance Co. paper. The program will provide a...
More Males Filing Sexual Harassment in Workplace Claims
Mar 22 2010 // John Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer. During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and...
More Males Filing Sexual Harassment in Workplace Claims
Mar 5 2010 // John Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer. During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and...
Restaurant Work Injury Claims Account for 4% of Calif. Workers’ Comp Benefit Payments
Mar 2 2010 // Restaurant workers accounted for 6.1 percent of all California job injury claims, but only 4.1 percent of the state’s workers’ compensation benefit payments from 2000 to 2008, the California Workers’...
New York Agency Releases Upscale Restaurant Coverage
Feb 23 2010 // The City and Suburban Lifestyles Restaurant Insurance Market unveiled a new policy in New York that will target fine dining establishments, commonly referred to as “white tablecloth” restaurants, upscale...
Unisource Program Administrators Opens Restaurant Program
Jan 19 2010 // Oklahoma-based Unisource Program Administrators (UPA) has launched a new workers’ compensation specialty program for restaurants. The restaurant specialty program aimed at offering competitive rates to multi-unit...
Montana Court Upholds Notice Rule in Lawsuits Against Bars
Jan 7 2010 // A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that requires someone planning to sue a bar over liability in a drunken driving crash to notify the bar within 180 days of the crash. The Supreme Court issued...
Momentous Launches Restaurant Insurance Specialty Practice
Nov 24 2009 // Momentous Insurance Brokerage of Van Nuys, Calif., has launched a restaurant insurance specialty practice. Some of the risk management services offered include contract review, loss control and inspection, in-house claims...
Third Lawsuit Filed Against Oklahoma Eatery Over E. Coli Outbreak
Oct 2 2009 // Attorneys for 14 people sickened by an August 2008 outbreak of E. coli have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $3 million from the operators of a Locust Grove restaurant where the bacteria originated. The complaint was...
PGI Commercial Expands Hospitality Program to Illinois
Sep 29 2009 // PGI Commercial, headquartered in New Jersey, has introduced a hospitality insurance program in Illinois on an admitted basis. Coverage is provided by member companies of American Safety Insurance Group, which carry an...
