Latest Restaurant Headlines
All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nationwide Super Bowl Ad Draws Criticism from Restaurant Association
Jan 25 2007 // A restaurant trade group is insulted by an insurance company’s planned Super Bowl commercial starring Kevin Federline working at a fast-food joint. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.’s ad shows Federline, the...
More Than 2,000 Bills Filed in Okla. for 2007 Legislative Session
Jan 22 2007 // More than 2,000 bills have been filed for the 2007 session of the Oklahoma Legislature, including many measures that sponsors acknowledge do not have a chance of passage. It’s all part of the democratic process,...
Foie Gras Ban in Chicago Yields No Citations, Restaurants Sue
Jan 10 2007 // About five months after Chicago restaurants were ordered to stop selling foie gras, the city has yet to levy its first fine. While some pricey restaurants around the city have taken the goose or duck liver delicacy off...
Minn. Taco John’s CEO Offers to Pay Medical Bills for E. Coli Victims
Dec 21 2006 // The head of Taco John’s International offered this week to pay medical bills for customers who got ill from E. coli bacteria at three of the chain’s Mexican restaurants. Some 76 people were sickened after...
Mo. Supreme Court Upholds Liability Suits Against Bars, Blocks Others
Nov 16 2006 // Missouri Supreme Court upheld a law Tuesday that allows alcohol liability lawsuits against bars and restaurants but blocks suits against convenience and grocery stores, rejecting a claim that the distinction was...
Gabor Unveils Program for Neighborhood Restaurants in Florida
Nov 9 2006 // Gabor Insurance Services Inc., the Miami based managing general agency, announced a new program, exclusively aimed at small restaurants. Coverage includes property on contents, improvements and betterments and business...
Union General Offers Restaurant Program
Nov 9 2006 // Union General Insurance Services Inc. is offering an admitted, preferred restaurant program in California, underwritten through Penn-America Insurance Co., rated “A-,” VIII, by A.M. Best. The program is...
Restaurant Association Earns $2M Texas Mutual Dividend
Nov 9 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $2,112,299 dividend to the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) purchasing group. Texas law allows employers in similar industries to reduce their workers’ comp premiums by...
HOSPITALITY RISKS
Oct 23 2006 // In Pennsylvania, a disabled customer complained of emotional distress when she dined at a restaurant that lacked adequate parking for her wheelchair van and where the restrooms were not fully wheelchair-accessible. The...
California State Fund to Host Safety Training Seminars
Oct 16 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a comprehensive safety seminar in Redding, Calif., on Oct. 18, and a restaurant supervisor safety-training program in Monterey Park, Calif., on Oct. 18. The...
Why do restaurants need employment practices insurance coverage?
Oct 9 2006 // Employment practices liability claims are on the rise and to date approximately 60 percent of all civil litigation in federal courts is EPL related. The rise in claims activity is a concern for all business owners,...
The Google Factor: Underwriting restaurants, bars, entertainment and hospitality risks in the 21st century
Oct 9 2006 // As I started to put together this article, I did as so many other people do and did my research on the internet. During my research I found numerous articles that we have all read or seen on the typical liquor liability...
The Google Factor
Oct 9 2006 // As I started to put together this article, I did as so many other people do and did my research on the internet. During my research I found numerous articles that we have all read or seen on the typical liquor liability...
Why do restaurants need employment practices insurance coverage?
Oct 9 2006 // Employment practices liability claims are on the rise and to date approximately 60 percent of all civil litigation in federal courts is EPL related. The rise in claims activity is a concern for all business owners,...
Calif. State Fund To Host Restaurant Supervisor Safety Training
Sep 20 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a free restaurant-safety training program for supervisors in Sacramento on September 20. The workshop is designed to help restaurant managers and owners...
Mich. Hylant Group Merges with R.W. Barss and Associates
Sep 20 2006 // Michigan-based the Hylant Group, Inc., has announced a merger with R.W. Barss and Associates of Grand Rapids, Mich. The merger will create Hylant’s third Michigan office and its tenth location overall. According to...
The Mass. liquor JUA serves up misleading market information
Sep 4 2006 // As a managing general agent for liquor liability insurance for over 20 years, I took great interest in a recent article in Insurance Journal titled, “Raising the bar on liquor liability training.” (See...
The Mass. liquor JUA serves up misleading market information
Sep 4 2006 // As a managing general agent for liquor liability insurance for over 20 years, I took great interest in a recent article in Insurance Journal entitled, “Raising the bar on liquor liability training.” (See...
Fla. Police Seek Stores, Bars Selling Liquor to Teens
Aug 29 2006 // There’s one in every town — a convenience store where IDs aren’t necessary, or a low-lit bar whose servers never bother to ask. In Jacksonville, Florida officials say, that bar was Rockets, where Stephanie...
Pacific Coast E&S Offers Liquor Liability Program
Aug 28 2006 // Pacific Coast E&S Services, Sherwood, Ore., is offering a new market for liquor liability in Oregon. This is a market for stand-alone liquor liability for restaurants, bars, taverns — live entertainment OK...
