January 9, 2020
J.M. Wilson has added Rebecca Taylor as an accounting assistant in its Portage, Michigan, office. Taylor is responsible for supporting the accounting team in numerous ways. Her role includes processing and recording financial transactions for both J.M. Wilson and Cedar …
January 9, 2020
The U.S. had 14 weather disasters costing $1 billion or more last year, with Midwest flooding accounting for almost half of the total, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Flooding from the Missouri, Mississippi and Arkansas rivers caused …
January 9, 2020
Jan. 9 is the most dangerous day of the year for Colorado workers, a new report shows. Pinnacol Assurance analyzed data to identify the most dangerous day for workers in Colorado, and found that over the past five years that …
January 9, 2020
A study of more than 250,000 women found that those who used talc or other personal-hygiene powders weren’t significantly more likely to develop ovarian cancer, news that will impact thousands of legal claims against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over the …
January 9, 2020
Atlanta’s police chief has ordered a halt to all police car chases after crashes that killed or injured people. “I don’t want to see us cost someone their life in pursuit of an auto theft person or burglar when the …
January 8, 2020
LP Insurance Services LLC has named Clark Pietromonaco to the commercial insurance team based in Reno, Nev. Pietromonaco has been named an associate sales executive. He was most recently a national account manager with Supplies Outlet, an e-commerce office supply …
January 8, 2020
As investigators sift through the charred wreckage of a jetliner that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, contradictory reports have emerged about what might have caused the Boeing Co. 737-800 to abruptly plunge out of the sky. Iranian authorities initially …
January 8, 2020
The American Association of Insurance Services has expanded its admitted Cannabis Businessowners Policy program in Nevada. The Nevada Division of Insurance approved AAIS’s CannaBOP on Dec. 24, 2019. The cannabis industry continues to grow and mature as states legalize and …
January 8, 2020
Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the coast says new terms and conditions for policies with an effective date on or after January 1, 2020, are now in place. The updated coverages, terms, and conditions apply …
January 8, 2020
Fast food workers can’t sue the Alabama attorney general over a 2016 state law that blocked a minimum wage increase in the state’s largest city, a federal appeals court ruled last month. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided …