The sister of a musician and photographer who fell 18 feet to his death down a downtown St. Louis building’s elevator shaft is suing the former property owner and the elevator’s manufacturer. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis Circuit Court …
The omission of one word in a workers’ compensation court ruling favoring a co-op employee hurt during a company party led the Nebraska Supreme Court to reverse the ruling on July 10. The case stems from a 2010 cookout held …
Calling the scheme “horrific,” a judge sentenced a Detroit-area cancer doctor to 45 years in prison for collecting millions from insurance companies while poisoning more than 500 patients through needless treatments that wrecked their health. U.S. District Judge Paul Borman …
JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (JLT Specialty USA), a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), appointed Robert “Bennie” Benvenuto as executive vice president and member of the U.S. Executive Committee. He is based in Chicago. Benvenuto will …
Oswald Companies, based in Cleveland, Ohio, appointed Tim Walsh to the position of director of Construction Practice, Property & Casualty. He will be based at Oswald’s Detroit office and oversee the full construction practice in all of Oswald’s geographic markets. …
The Missouri Department of Insurance helped consumers who filed a complaint against their insurance company receive an additional $6.3 million in claim payments in the first half of 2015. Health insurance generated the most complaints in the first half of …
The main building at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been closed as officials deal with the presence of asbestos. A contractor working in the building raised concerns with the Iowa Natural Resources Department, and the school district …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has paid hundreds of millions to state employers overcharged for insurance premiums and has dropped its appeal of a decision that led to the payments. The Ohio Supreme Court granted bureau administrator Steve Buehrer’s …
Keystone Insurers Group added three new partners in Missouri. The partners are: Jerome L. Howe Inc. of St. Louis; Schroepfer Bauer Insurance Agency of Union; and Custom Insurance Services Inc. of Crystal City. Jerome L. Howe offers insurance and benefits …
The Red Cross says about 20 families have been displaced from their Indianapolis homes after heavy rains inundated parts of Indiana. The organization said in a news release that it’s working with fire officials to provide emergency housing for 50 …
