August 2, 2018
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday announced he has approved three more insurance carriers to offer coverage for the cannabis industry in the state. The North River Insurance Co. and United States Fire Insurance Co. will begin offering coverage …
August 2, 2018
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for District of Kansas ruled on July 27 that UPS Freight violated federal law by having a policy, contained in its current union contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, of paying …
August 2, 2018
An Arkansas judge has rejected an initial request to disqualify a ballot measure that would place limits on damages awarded in lawsuits and give the Legislature control of state court rules. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce rejected the motion …
August 2, 2018
A national panel of judges has refused to merge more than 40 wetland damage lawsuits filed by six Louisiana parishes against oil and gas companies. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has refused an attempt by …
August 2, 2018
Two sections of a suburban Dallas parking garage have collapsed five hours apart, sending vehicles and rubble onto other vehicles below. Assistant Fire Chief Jack Taylor said there appeared to be no injuries in the initial 11:30 a.m. collapse on …
August 2, 2018
Fifty-three members of an Indiana family who lost nine relatives when a duck boat sank in Missouri described their pain and unfathomable loss on July 31 while calling for a ban on the amphibious tourist boats that their attorney likened …
August 2, 2018
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Mark V. Vicario to divisional senior vice president of its Bond Division. In this role, Vicario will oversee the division’s Claims department. Vicario began his career with Great American in 1994 and …
August 2, 2018
The Arizona Department of Transportation says 1,000 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes last year. A new statewide report released this week shows 2017 marked the third straight year of increases for traffic fatalities. The total was up from …
August 2, 2018
A grand jury has indicted a Virginia man in a boat crashed that killed his friend. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports authorities say 32-year-old John Randolph Hooper was indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter while operating the boat under the …
August 2, 2018
CNA Hardy, the specialist commercial insurer writing business within the Lloyd’s and company markets, announced that its new European subsidiary has successfully been granted an insurance company license by Luxembourg’s regulator, the Commissariat Aux Assurances (CAA). CNA Hardy chose Luxembourg …