KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Tennessee continued Friday to investigate a container suspected of holding large amounts of dynamite, warning residents that evacuations will likely remain in place throughout the night. “Until we know more, we implore people …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents in the states hit by Hurricane Helene who had coverage through the federal flood insurance program but let it lapse before the storm hit may be able to renew it and still be covered from the …
Voters will decide in November whether California should raise its hourly minimum wage to $18 by 2026 and pay workers what would be the highest statewide minimum wage in the country. That would be on par with Hawaii, where workers …
A New Jersey Transit light-rail train operator died and 23 passengers were hurt early Monday after the lead car hit a tree which fell onto the tracks. The incident occurred around 6 a.m. ET when the southbound train from Trenton …
A fire that killed two first responders and engulfed multiple rowhouses in northwest Baltimore last year has been ruled accidental, according to an investigation released Friday by the Baltimore City Fire Department. The cause of the Oct. 19, 2023, fire …
Galla Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Executive Vice President, Alliant M&A Pete Galla joined Alliant Insurance Services as executive vice president and senior director, Alliant Specialty, within the company’s mergers and acquisitions vertical. Galla has more than 25 years of …
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the eighth year in a row, effective December 1. The voluntary market is expected to decrease average loss costs by 8.4%, and the residual market will …
In one of the most pro-subrogation decisions in a generation, the Nevada Supreme Court has overnight turned Nevada into one of the most favorable states for workers’ compensation subrogation. With the stroke of a pen, the court in its Sept. …
Moody’s RMS said private insurers can expect to dole out between $35 billion and $55 billion for hurricanes Milton and Helene. A final industry-loss estimate for Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 that struck Siesta Key, Florida on October 9, will …
A follow-up inspection by federal workplace safety investigators in April 2024 found a Janesville, Wisconsin recycling company continuing to expose employees to unsafe levels of lead and cadmium while they dismantled cathode ray tubes from older TVs, despite being cited …
