April 6, 2023
National insurance network Patriot Growth Insurance Services has added Petschauer Insurance to its organization. Based in Garden City, New York, Petschauer offers property/casualty, employee benefits, life and disability insurance and risk management services for businesses and individuals.. With an agency …
April 6, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Justice Department said Wednesday it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million. More than two dozen people …
April 6, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to calculate damages from greenhouse gasses was dismissed Wednesday by a federal appeals court. The unanimous decision by three judges on …
April 6, 2023
Walsh Construction Co. and Melo’s Rodbusters, Inc. have agreed to pay $1.24 million collectively to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they participated in a fraudulent scheme to take advantage of the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program in connection …
April 6, 2023
A crucial safety system that’s relied on to avoid potentially fatal collisions at major US airports is aging and plagued by outages that have left travelers unprotected for months at a time. At some airports, it hasn’t ever been installed. …
April 6, 2023
Massachusetts workers’ compensation rates will fall an average 10.2% starting July 1, a considerably bigger reduction than the industry recommended. Insurance Commissioner Gary Anderson signed off on the cut that will save employers an estimated $130 million after the attorney …
April 6, 2023
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has released his agency’s report documenting a long history of widespread child sex abuse and systemic cover-up by clergy and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The redacted Report on Child Sexual Abuse …
April 6, 2023
As trial lawyers and news reports around the state continue to criticize Florida lawmakers for the far-reaching tort-reform passed last month, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee has approved a bill designed to bring more accountability for property insurers. By …
April 6, 2023
Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced it has received a license from the Central Bank of Bahrain to establish operations in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Howden said this represents a significant step in the broker’s strategic growth ambitions for the …
April 6, 2023
Munich Re will not proactively extend coverage for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline when it expires later this year, a spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday. The decision follows an announcement by Allianz on Wednesday that it does not intend to …