February 28, 2022
When Omaha National president and CEO Reagan Pufall thinks back to how COVID-19 has affected recruiting and hiring at the workers’ compensation insurance provider, his main verdict is: not much. The key characteristics that have enabled the managing general agent …
February 28, 2022
The United States, together with the State of Louisiana, announced that U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana has approved the consent decree resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and several other federal and state environmental …
February 28, 2022
Aon Plc is investigating a “cyber incident” that the insurance brokerage said impacted a limited number of its systems. The incident, identified Friday, “has not had a significant impact” on operations at Aon, the world’s second-largest insurance brokerage, nor does …
February 28, 2022
The man who served 16 years in prison for the 1981 rape of author Alice Sebold and was exonerated last year filed a lawsuit Friday against New York state for $50 million over his wrongful conviction. Anthony Broadwater, 61, was …
February 28, 2022
Brown & Brown, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire CrossCover Insurance Services. The transaction is expected to close before April 2022, subject to certain closing conditions. CrossCover provides E&S commercial property solutions for customers across the U.S. CrossCover …
February 28, 2022
Johnson & Johnson can use the bankruptcy system to resolve multibillion-dollar litigation claiming its talc products cause cancer, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday, signing off on a legal maneuver that enables the company to avoid fighting more than 38,000 …
February 28, 2022
A Hartsville, Ohio contractor has been cited for the sixth time since 2018 for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards on two separate Ohio job sites. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined ILS …
February 28, 2022
A claims adjuster’s sub-standard investigation of a potential fatal accident claim does not warrant a multi-million award of damages against an insurer that issued a policy with a $25,000 limit, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled. An appellate panel on …
February 28, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to address whether federal drug law that criminalizes possession of marijuana invalidates state orders requiring employers and their workers’ compensation insurers to pay for medical marijuana prescriptions for employees injured on the job. …
February 28, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines against two construction firms working on a new Amazon facility in Philadelphia after a worker died from being trapped when an excavation wall collapsed last summer. General …