Chicago’s taxicab industry has rolled out two official ride-hailing apps to compete with the likes of Uber and Lyft. The department that regulates Chicago’s taxi industry announced a marketing campaign to publicize the apps, Arro and Curb. The city chose …
Three Ohio women who filed a federal lawsuit accusing Chipotle Mexican Grill of gender discrimination have been awarded a total of about $600,000 in damages. A U.S. District Court jury in Cincinnati found the Denver-based chain liable after determining it …
Property/casualty insurance wholesaler J.M. Wilson has hired Adam Benda as claims representative and personal lines underwriter. The company also Adam Mandwee as assistant fleet underwriter in its Portage, Mich. office. Prior to joining J.M. Wilson, Benda worked as an underwriting …
A recently released study shows the positive contributions insurance industry brings to Michigan’s economy. The report — Economic Footprint of Michigan’s Insurance Industry — by Anderson Economic Group shows the insurance sector as a whole provides an annual $37.1 billion …
Failed safety oversight was partly to blame for a deadly crash near Chicago in which a truck driver for a company already flagged as high-risk fell asleep and plowed into emergency vehicles, a federal accident investigations board said. The panel …
A group of Wisconsin landowners is suing Enbridge to force the company to carry spill insurance on a pipeline that will carry Canadian tar sands oil across the state. The landowners live within 350 yards of the pipeline. The Wisconsin …
The North Dakota Department of Transportation says law enforcement officers in the state issued 764 citations for seat belt and child restraint violations in January. The extra traffic safety patrols were part of a Click It or Ticket seat belt …
Chicago-based independent regional wholesale insurance brokerage and general agent, Donald Gaddis Co. Inc., has hired Angela Cale as a senior property/casualty broker. Cale has 23 years of experience in the excess and surplus lines segment of the industry, handling both …
One lawsuit seeks to replace lead-leaching water lines at no cost to customers. Another seeks money for thousands of Flint, Mich., residents who unwittingly drank toxic water. A third complaint has been filed on behalf of people with Legionnaires’ disease. …
A consumer advocacy organization says Terre Haute is the Indiana city with the fewest distracted and drunken driving fatalities. The Tribune-Star reports that ConsumerAffairs conducted a nationwide study using the latest available data from 2014 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
