A legislative report says West Virginia’s Division of Labor cited more than 500 violations of a jobs act intended to give local laborers the majority of roles on state-funded public works projects. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that contractors were fined …
Premium decreases in California workers’ compensation may have escalated in 2019, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Wednesday released its quarterly experience report, an update on California statewide insurer experience valued as of …
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Tuesday released the title and summary for the California Privacy Rights Act, which would beef up the California Privacy Act set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2020. The act amends consumer privacy laws …
Inszone Insurance Services has acquired James Swiniuch Agency Inc. in Tucson, Ariz. James Swiniuch Agency is focused on writing preferred personal lines insurance in Tucso. James Swiniuch Agency becomes the fourth acquisition for Inszone Insurance in Arizona, and ninth on …
The owners of a Vermont bar settled a case Monday with a woman who was accidentally shot in the lung outside their establishment in 2018. Chelsi Parker, 26, and the owners of Nectar’s bar in Burlington resolved a lawsuit through …
The Philadelphia Contributionship (TPC) has hired Thomas Greenfield as president and CEO. Greenfield is taking over the mantle from Robert Whitlock, Jr., who was appointed president and CEO in 2009. Whitlock will retire later this year. Greenfield will provide strategic …
Starr Insurance Cos. announced the appointment of Carsten Nawrath as Aviation underwriting manager, leading the build-out of a new Aviation insurance operation based in Munich, Germany. The operation will write aerospace and general aviation business for clients across Central Europe. …
Penn National Insurance President and CEO Christine Sears will transition on January 1 to CEO, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Robert B. Brandon will become president on that date. Sears also announced that she plans to retire …
British accountants could be required to look for fraud at companies they audit under proposals made in a government-backed review of recent corporate scandals which went undetected. Lawmakers called for a shake-up of auditing after the collapses of construction company …
Fruit smoothies may become the new martini for Wall Street holiday parties. Banking and trading firm BTIG LLC, for example, cut alcohol from its annual employee celebration on Dec. 12 at its New York offices. Instead, guests did yoga and …
