New safety technology that may have prevented last week’s deadly train crash in New Jersey is being implemented along some rail lines in Minnesota and elsewhere. The new technology, known as positive train control, is designed to automatically slow or …
If you hurt yourself while pulling stuff from your car, should your insurance company be on the hook for the injuries? The Michigan Supreme Court is opening a new term this week with arguments in that case and many others, …
Barbara Walker has joined the national board of the insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, InVEST, as an agent member. Walker is vice president of Hartland Insurance Agency Inc., in Hartland, Michigan. Walker has more than 35 years of experience in …
The Plexus Groupe LLC, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management consultancy headquartered in Deer Park, Illinois, has acquired Carol Stream, Ill.-based Ingensa Insurance Services, a diversified insurance and financial services firm offering expertise in property/casualty, employee benefits, …
Chicago-based insurance brokerage, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Mayport Insurance & Realty Inc. (Mayport) in North Dakota. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Portland, North Dakota, Mayport specializes in providing property/casualty insurance products …
The North Dakota Safety Council is beginning construction on a nearly 23,500-square-foot, hands-on heavy equipment safety training facility in Bismarck. The Bismarck Tribune reported that until now, companies have had to send workers to other states, such as Texas, for …
A federal judge has tossed out a $40 million civil rights lawsuit that alleged police used excessive force against protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, after the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown. U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey, in a 74-page …
Council Bluffs, Iowa, officials are working to strengthen the levees protecting the western Iowa city before homeowners are forced to pay higher premiums for flood insurance. The Daily Nonpareil reports the city wants to complete the levee projects before the …
The governor’s office says the White House has issued a presidential disaster declaration for eight Iowa counties hit hard by several storms in late August. The office of Gov. Terry Branstad said the counties are Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, …
A new rule governing the prescribing of opioids to treat Ohioans injured on the job took effect on Oct. 1, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) reported. The changes target the prevention of opioid dependence by encouraging appropriate prescribing …
