The Hilb Group, LLC has acquired South Carolina-based Plan Benefit Services, Inc. (PBSI). The transaction became effective on Dec. 1, 2020. Plan Benefit Services, Inc. is an employee benefits consulting, management and brokerage firm independently owned and operated since 1986. …
A Wisconsin dentist is accused of damaging his patients’ teeth so that he could bill insurance companies for crown procedures. Scott Charmoli, 60, of Grafton, has been charged in federal court with eight counts of health care fraud and two …
Recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data show the incidence rate of work-related injuries and illnesses among Louisiana’s private sector employers was 1.7 incidents per 100 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in 2019, compared with a reported 1.8 in 2018, according …
Aon plc confirmed that the European Commission (EC) has initiated a review of the company’s proposed $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson. Aon said the Phase II review is a common next step “for a transaction of this size …
Oklahoma bars and restaurants have effectively won a temporary reprieve from a curfew that has been forcing them to close early since November to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. A state judge sided with a group of bar owners …
Multiple earthquakes rattled Wichita, Kan., on Dec. 19, with the largest measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale. That makes the trembler the largest on record in the city in the last five years, although it’s still is considered relatively small. …
Texas surplus lines premium recorded by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) rose to $587.46 million in November. The recorded premium year to date as of November is 12.3% higher than that of the same period in 2019, …
The U.S. Department of Justice says it and Bartell Drugs have resolved allegations that the pharmacy chain filled invalid prescriptions between July 2016 and August 2020 in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran said under …
A small earthquake hit a rural area Saturday near the Colorado-Utah border, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations confirmed. The magnitude 4.3 earthquake took place at 7:11 p.m on Saturday. The epicenter was 3 1/2 miles southwest of Bedrock, Colorado, …
Montana environmental regulators have forced the owners of a power plant to provide a $285 million cleanup bond, a move some local organizations hailed as a victory for conservation. But Talen Energy, the owner of the Colstrip Power Plant, filed …
