Parents who’ve lost their jobs during the pandemic are driving a surge of litigation, alleging their employers discriminated against them for taking care of their kids when schools closed. Since March, working parents have filed at least 40 lawsuits accusing …
Britain will attempt to reassure nervous business leaders that it appreciates the need for clarity on rules outside of the European Union by setting up a task force to discuss challenges 50 days before the transition period ends. The United …
Coverys Managing Agency Ltd. announced that its DTW Syndicate 1991 at Lloyd’s of London will stop accepting new and renewal business starting December 31, 2020. “Every effort has been made to implement remediation measures on underperforming business over the past …
A new study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows the steep drop in the number of inpatient hospitalizations involving injured workers in the state over the past decade was largely due to the ongoing decline in spinal fusions and …
Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. has agreed to acquire the renewal rights to GeoVera’s Holding’s Hawaii residential hurricane policies. The transaction is expected to further deepen Palomar’s presence in Hawaii, a market that the company has served since 2015. Through an …
The Mississippi Department of Health has been working around the clock to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the agency will be responsible for starting a statewide medical marijuana program within the next nine months. Uncertified election results show 74% …
MJ Insurance, based in Indianapolis, is expanding its Health Risk Management + Analytics department with the addition of employee benefits analyst, Andrew Hearn. Hearn comes to MJ from Levy Restaurants, where he served as a people strategy analyst. In this …
A New Orleans personal injury attorney has been indicted in connection with a widespread probe in to a series of staged accidents in Louisiana between personal and commercial vehicles. United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser said Danny Patrick Keating, Jr., …
Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) and ManpowerGroup US Inc. (Manpower) have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit charging the companies with sexual harassment and retaliation against a worker at a JCI plant in Norman, Oklahoma. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republican-governed states and joined by President Donald Trump’s administration. Chief Justice John Roberts …
