CHICAGO (AP) – A floor collapsed onto two Chicago firefighters early Tuesday as they were helping battle a residential fire, trapping one of them until he was rescued, officials said. Crews arrived at the townhouse about 4 a.m. on the …
AAdvantage Insurance Group Hires Berg as Personal Lines Account Executive AAdvantage Insurance Group, headquartered in Glen Carbon, Illinois, recently hired Sondra Berg as its personal lines account executive. Berg will focus on maintaining, expanding, and servicing the agency’s clients. Berg …
PORTLAND, Mich. (AP) – An interstate highway stretch in central Michigan has reopened following a massive pileup involving 150 vehicles in whiteout conditions that left 16 people hospitalized. Interstate 96 in Ionia County reopened about 10 p.m. Saturday, about five …
NFP, a property and casualty broker, benefits consultant, wealth manager and retirement advisor, announced it has acquired David A. Marcus & Associates, Inc. and Deerfield Financial Group, LLC (David Marcus). Based in Deerfield, Illinois, David Marcus is a multidisciplinary insurance …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Stewart, Brimner, Peters & Company, Inc. (SBP). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. SBP is a retail insurance broker offering a variety of commercial and personal …
DETROIT (AP) – Up to 100 vehicles were involved in a massive pileup on Interstate 96 during white-out conditions, Michigan police said. There were reports of injuries that do not appear to be serious, police said on Twitter. Early reports …
A meat processing company in Minnesota employed children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions, such as operating meat grinders, while they worked overnight shifts and longer hours than allowed by law, the Minnesota Department of Labor and …
The city of Wichita on Tuesday approved a $5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police officer during a hoax call in 2017. The settlement will go …
BP BP.L violated U.S. process safety rules and did not train workers properly at its Toledo, Ohio refinery, contributing to the death of two workers at the plant last year, U.S. federal investigators said on Thursday. The two refinery workers …
PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska school district has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of an eighth grader who died after eating a granola bar given to him by a teacher. The Papillion La Vista school board …
