Workers’ compensation provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., is partnering with The University of Texas at Dallas’ (UT Dallas) Naveen Jindal School of Management for a brand-new Risk Control and Safety Engineering class. This course is currently exclusive to UT Dallas …
West Des Moines, Iowa-based Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH) is now offering FMH Cyber Risk Protection suite, which includes two new cyber risk products to provide protection and services in the event an individual, family, or farm …
Federal workplace safety regulators have cited Texas-based UST Systems Inc. for trench safety violations after the company allowed its employees to enter an excavation site in Austin without proper protections or training on the dangers of unsupported soils. UST Systems …
The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) announced the launch of a new insurtech accelerator program, PROTO InsurTech, to inspire and stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in the insurance industry. Two major insurance companies, Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan and Delta Dental …
Texas-based Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of websites, marketing, rating and management software and services, has acquired Assurance Systems Inc., an insurance technology provider in the southeastern United States. Founded in 1986, Assurance Systems product offerings include AccuAuto, its …
A recent Environmental Protection Agency ruling clears the path for Arkansas farmers to use the herbicide dicamba on soybeans and cotton, ending a state-wide ban on the weed killer’s use. The federal agency on Oct. 31 announced the decision to …
A Nebraska judge has ruled that an insurance provider doesn’t have to cover the legal debt of a Nebraska county that wrongfully convicted six people in a 1985 rape and murder. Lancaster County District Judge Jodi L. Nelson ruled on …
A fire destroyed a south Louisiana gym and thousands of dollars in donations being held there ahead of a charity fundraiser. WVUE-TV reported that a fire Wednesday night destroyed the Garyville Recreation Center gym in St. John Parish. A fundraiser …
The family of one of two Kansas men killed at an energy plant says in a lawsuit that the men died when the elevator they were in filled with superheated steam because of a faulty safety valve. The federal lawsuit …
Two employees who were assigned to assist special needs students in the classroom have filed a $900,000 lawsuit against Portland Public Schools, claiming the district ignored pleas for help as violent students repeatedly assaulted them. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Joyce Moore …
