Property owners who hire independent contractors are not vicariously liable for on-the-job injuries to the contractor’s employees, the California Supreme Court has ruled. The state high court extended the decision in Privette v. Superior Court (Privette doctrine) and said those …
A 78-year-old Washington Township woman has been awarded $1.2 million for burns and permanent scars suffered while she was a patient at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. Valerija Milosevic was awarded the money by a Macomb County Circuit Court jury on …
Bermuda-bsed PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Albert Benchimol will leave the Company, effective December 31, 2010. He has served as EVP & CFO since he joined PartnerRe in 2000. In 2007, he took on …
EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a California-based retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added North Bay insurance professionals Wade Gordon and Jennifer Heliotes in the company’s newest Petaluma, Calif., branch office. Both have deep ties to the …
Police across Tennessee are writing few citations under the year-old texting-while-driving law. The statute went into effect in July 2009, allowing officers to write tickets to drivers they catch sending cell phone text messages while operating vehicles. The fine for …
Thomas Allan has joined Boston-based Richards Robinson Sheppard Insurance as vice president. Allan specializes in construction accounts and utilizes his experience of over 35 years in insurance. Prior to joining Richards Robinson Sheppard Insurance, he served in producer and account …
Insurance broker Marsh has unveiled a real-time, on-demand industry benchmark reporting service available to its clients and prospects. Available through Marsh’s Global Benchmarking Portal, the new service provides clients with real-time benchmarking analytics on purchasing and pricing trends in the …
Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Jared Morrison as a commercial lines producer in its Portland, Ore., office. Morrison will expand the company’s large commercial hospitality and Allied Health client base in the Pacific Northwest. Morrison is a resident of Vancouver, …
BP Plc said it expects to attach a new containment cap later Monday that should more than triple the amount of oil being collected from the energy giant’s leaking Gulf of Mexico wellhead. “We have the cap very close and …
Travelers Insurance has indicated it will comply with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s order to stop airing a television advertisement that the AG says is deceptive. According to the AG’s cease and desist letter, the company’s ad improperly asserted that …
