May 10, 2024
A judge on Friday forced the Hawaii attorney general’s office to turn over to lawyers involved in the hundreds of lawsuits over last summer’s Maui wildfires all documents, interviews and data collected by the outside team hired to investigate the …
May 10, 2024
Cal/OSHA cited D’Arcy & Harty Construction Inc. $371,100 for failing to protect employees working in a trench excavation at a construction site in San Francisco. On Sept. 28, 2023, an employee was replacing sewer parts inside the eight-foot-deep trench at …
May 10, 2024
Mercury Insurance on Thursday announced a plan that the Los Angeles-based carrier says will help maintain insurance availability and provide coverage for thousands of California consumers as two insurers exit the state’s personal lines market. Under the plan, 12,556 home …
May 10, 2024
Federal workplace safety investigators are alleging that an East Boston window cleaning company’s failure to inspect and replace damaged or defective equipment contributed to an employee’s fatal 29-story fall from a building in downtown Boston’s financial district in October 2023. …
May 10, 2024
A jewel thief who is wanted in connection with crimes committed from Florida to South Korea stole a diamond ring worth $255,000 from a Tiffany store in New York by switching it with a cubic zirconia replica, authorities said. The …
May 10, 2024
World Insurance Associates, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, hired Ken Bond as chief corporate development officer. Bond oversees corporate development for retail insurance, retirement plan and wealth management services and wholesale insurance. Bond is based out of Iselin. Bond’s career …
May 10, 2024
A report looking at 1.2 million homes in Colorado shows risks in the one of the top states for hail-related insurance claims are made worse by the state of some properties. The Arturo used artificial intelligence models with aerial imagery, …
May 10, 2024
New York State’s $5 million Insurance Innovation Prize is now open for applications. Supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the new program offers awards for the “development and deployment of novel insurance solutions that …
May 10, 2024
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a cease-and-desist order and fined Fred Meyer Stores Inc. $100,000 for selling insurance without state authorization. Fred Meyer stores reportedly sold the GUARD Protection Plan, issued by Mack Camera & Video Service, to a …
May 10, 2024
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+” (Excellent) of Blue Whale Re Ltd. (Blue Whale) (Burlington, VT). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. AM Best …