October 31, 2018
There’s a $240,000 settlement in the case of an 11-year-old black girl stunned by a Cincinnati, Ohio, police officer after she was spotted shoplifting in a grocery store and tried to run away. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported the city of …
October 31, 2018
Oklahoma state troopers are trying to find a tractor-trailer they say lost a wheel assembly in Oklahoma City and caused multiple crashes, including one that left a driver dead. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the series of crashes happened shortly …
October 31, 2018
The state Supreme Court is limiting an insurance company’s payout in a massive northwestern Wisconsin wildfire. Logging equipment owned by Ray Duerr Logging LLC sparked the Germann Road Fire in Douglas County in May 2013. The fire consumed about 7,442 …
October 31, 2018
The Los Angeles Unified School District will pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a student who was molested by a teacher when she was 13. It would be the largest payout the nation’s second-largest school …
October 31, 2018
QBE North America has promoted Kristy Kendle to regional executive for the Western region, which includes Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Kendle is accountable for profitable growth across QBE’s specialized insurance business portfolio, as well as …
October 31, 2018
U.S homeowners insurers saw an increase in both the number of losses and the percentage of those losses that resulted from an extreme weather event during 2017. According to a LexisNexis Home Trends report, loss costs increased 19 percent from …
October 31, 2018
The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a nearly 17 percent decrease in rates for workers’ compensation insurance, marking the fifth consecutive year that rates have dropped in Connecticut. “This steady drop – nearly 50 percent over the last five years …
October 31, 2018
QBE Canada unveiled a new leadership team, which is being led by Jamie Thompson, who took on the role as director of Canada earlier this year. In this role, Thompson has oversight of QBE’s Canadian customers, including those who purchase …
October 31, 2018
Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Arkin Youngentob Associates, a full-service employee and executive benefits firm headquartered in Bethesda, Md. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1981, Arkin Youngentob …
October 31, 2018
The pipeline upgrade work that triggered natural gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities last month is slated to be finished this week ahead of schedule. Columbia Gas said in a newsletter to customers Monday that replacement of about …