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Walmart, Target to Pay Mass. $232K for Prescription Drug Overcharges
Jul 5 2012 // Walmart and Target Corporation will pay $232,000 to cities and towns across Massachusetts to settle allegations that the companies allegedly overcharged public agencies for prescription drugs through the workers’...
New York City Pension Fund Sues Wal-Mart Over Mexican Bribery Allegations
Jun 12 2012 // New York City’s pension funds on Monday became the latest group to file a derivative lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. based on reported allegations of bribery in Mexico and a possible cover-up by Wal-Mart...
Judge Questions Evidence in Gender Bias Claim Against Wal-Mart
Jun 11 2012 // A U.S. judge on Friday said he was “seriously concerned” about whether women suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had enough evidence to move forward with their refiled gender discrimination lawsuit. Plaintiffs alleging...
8 Things Independent Agents Can Learn From Sam Walton
Jun 8 2012 // Wal-Mart and independent agencies seemingly have little in common. Not so. There are many helpful ideas to cull from Mr. Walton’s amazing odyssey from one store to the largest retailer in the world — as revealed in...
Contractor Sues Retailer Over Remodeling Project
Jun 4 2012 // An Idaho-based general contractor is suing Fred Meyer Inc. and its parent, Kroger Co., claiming the retail chain improperly dumped the contractor over the renovation of a Fairbanks, Alaska store. The Fairbanks Daily...
Contractor Sues Retailer Over Remodeling Project
May 22 2012 // An Idaho-based general contractor is suing Fred Meyer Inc. and its parent, Kroger Co., claiming the retail chain improperly dumped the contractor over the renovation of a Fairbanks, Alaska store. The Fairbanks Daily...
8 Things Independent Agents Can Learn from Sam Walton
May 21 2012 // Wal-Mart and independent agencies seemingly have little in common. Not so. There are many helpful ideas to cull from Mr. Walton’s amazing odyssey from one store to the largest retailer in the world — as revealed in...
MetLife Says Former Wal-Mart Exec Leaves Board
Apr 25 2012 // The former head of Wal-Mart’s Mexico operations is stepping down from his current board positions at MetLife, effective immediately. The insurance giant announced Tuesday afternoon that Eduardo Castro-Wright had...
Wal-Mart Shareholder Sues Over Mexican Bribery Scandal
Apr 25 2012 // A shareholder sued the board and several officers of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday over allegations that the company’s Mexican affiliate paid bribes to local officials. The lawsuit seeks to recover damage to the...
Illinois Man Sues Nestle, Wal-Mart Over Dog’s Death from ‘Wholesome’ Treat
Apr 20 2012 // The death of a 9-year-old Pomeranian from eating a dog treat is hardly “what nature intended,” according to a lawsuit filed this week. An Illinois man has sued Nestle Purina Petcare Co. and Wal-Mart Stores...
Insurance Retailer GEICO Lowering Commercial Auto Rates in Texas
Mar 23 2012 // Insurance direct marketer, GEICO, has announced that it is lowering commercial auto insurance rates for business owners in Texas. Commercial insurance packages cover the cars, trucks and vans used in conducting business,...
USI Acquires Illinois-Based Euclid Insurance Retail Business
Mar 8 2012 // USI Insurance Services (USI), headquartered in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., has acquired the Euclid Insurance retail property/casualty and employee benefits division (Euclid Retail Business) from Euclid Insurance Services...
5 Startup Businesses Agents Should Watch
Mar 1 2012 // It hasn’t been the best of times for America’s Main Street businesses. Often facing overwhelming competition from big box stores, many small businesses face an uphill battle from the outset and more than a few...
Five Startup Businesses Agents Should Watch
Feb 6 2012 // It hasn’t been the best of times for America’s Main Street businesses. Often facing overwhelming competition from big box stores, many small businesses face an uphill battle from the outset and more than a few...
How Insurance Distribution Is Changing
Jan 26 2012 // Insurance distribution is changing and agents and brokers—retailers and wholesalers—have to define the value they offer and what type of relationships they will have with carriers and customers in the years ahead,...
How Retail, Wholesale Distribution Chains Are Changing to Justify Value, Purpose
Jan 23 2012 // Retail and wholesale brokers face the challenge — and opportunity — of redefining their relationships and value proposition in today’s changing insurance distribution world, according to Glenn Hargrove,...
Walmart Seeks End to Refiled Gender Bias Lawsuit
Jan 18 2012 // Women who refiled a gender discrimination lawsuit against Walmart Stores Inc. have failed to come to grips with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended their nationwide class action against the company, Walmart...
Supreme Court Walmart Ruling Shakes Up Employment Class Actions
Jan 10 2012 // The Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, heralded last term as a game-changer in employment class actions, has lived up to the hype. Since the Court issued the Dukes decision in June, it has been cited by...
Western Insurance Agents Roundtable: In Uncertain Economy, Change Is Certain
Jan 5 2012 // The economy, the promised-land of a hard insurance market and the need to master technologies dominated discussion at the first annual Insurance Industry Roundtable in Irvine, Calif. The daylong event was attended by 23...
Lloyd’s Highlights Retailers Need for Cyber Fraud Coverage
Dec 29 2011 // An article on the Lloyd’s of London web site notes that while millions of people have been out an about shopping this holiday season, “an increasing number are choosing to shop from the comfort of their homes...
