A legal battle over a dress code for bikini baristas at coffee stands is ending after a city north of Seattle agreed to pay $500,000 to the owner and employees who sued over it six years ago. The Everett City …
Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of DeFranco Insurance, Inc. in Seattle, Washington. John DeFranco, President, and the DeFranco Insurance team will join Hub Northwest. DeFranco Insurance is an independently owned and locally operated insurance agency specializing in personal and …
The National Weather Service said Thursday it was surveying damage from three EF-1 tornadoes that touched down in Kentucky. According to preliminary information, tornadoes hit the Pleasure Ridge Park and Newburg sections of Louisville on Wednesday evening, meteorologist Brian Neudorff …
The bodies of two men and two women have been recovered following a small plane crash just off Florida’s Gulf Coast, police said Thursday. The plane had just taken off from Venice Airport when it crashed into the Gulf of …
The North Carolina General Assembly would get to choose more members of several powerful state commissions, including the Utilities Commission, an economic investment committee, and environmental and health boards, under legislation approved by the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday. The elected …
The Gorky Automobile Plant, part of Russia’s GAZ Group which was contracted to assemble cars for Volkswagen, has filed a lawsuit to recover 28.4 billion roubles ($348 million) from the German automaker, court records show. The lawsuit, details of which …
An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more …
Canopius Group, a global specialty re/insurer, announced a new partnership with managing general agent Falvey Insurance Group (FIG) to offer inland marine coverage in the United States. This marks the first time that Canopius U.S. and Falvey will be writing …
Seventeen U.S. property/casualty insurance companies became impaired in 2021, with seven of the impairments driven by catastrophe losses from hurricanes, primarily in Louisiana and Florida, according to an AM Best report. In addition to the five Louisiana-domiciled companies and two …
Three former executives of a company that makes machines that test lead levels in humans deliberately concealed a problem with the devices that produced falsely low results for tens of thousands of children, federal prosecutors in Boston said last week. …
