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Ohio Collects more than $20M in Past Due Taxes from Insurance Agents

A state of Ohio program established to collect past due taxes from insurance agents has surpassed the $20 million threshold, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment announced. The vast majority of the nearly 220,000 agents licensed by the ODI …

Feds Sue Staffing Company over Sexual Harassment at Kansas Site

An international staffing company violated federal law when it allowed a manager at a Kansas City, Kan., worksite to repeatedly sexually harass female workers on a manufacturing line, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged in a lawsuit …

Oklahoma Recovers Over $3M for Consumers in 2017

The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) recovered more than $3 million for policyholders in 2017. The money was paid out to Oklahoma consumers who had claim disputes with their insurance company. OID’s Consumer Assistance/Claims Division, which processes and investigates all complaints …

Uber Agrees to Give Stock to Waymo to Settle Trade Secret Theft Dispute

Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to give about $245 million in stock to settle the high-stakes trade-secret theft lawsuit brought by Waymo, resolving a conflict that already cost the ride-hailing giant its top driverless car engineer and threatened to further embarrass …

AIG’s Doubling of Q4 Loss Pinned on Wildfires, Tax Act

American International Group reported a net loss of $6.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2017, compared to a net loss of $3.0 billion in the prior-year quarter. The fourth quarter of 2017 net loss included a charge of $6.7 …

Amtrak Engineer Ordered to Stand Trial in Philadelphia Crash

Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian sat stunned Tuesday as a judge reinstated twice-rejected criminal charges and ordered him to stand trial for a deadly 2015 train wreck in Philadelphia. Judge Kathryn S. Lewis ruled that another judge erred in dismissing the …

Teens Charged in Fire That Destroyed Century-Old Maryland Home

Two teenage boys have been charged with arson that destroyed a century-old home on Maryland’s Kent Island. The Office of the State Fire Marshal in Maryland reported that the two teens, age 14 and 15, pulled old Christmas trees into …

Maryland Property Insurer Left Client Data Temporarily Exposed Online

The Maryland Joint Insurance Association left data about some of its customers exposed online, but there’s no evidence it was accessed improperly. The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that a California-based cybersecurity firm known as UpGuard found the exposed data and …

U.S. Judge Rules ‘Gig Economy’ Driver Is Independent Contractor

A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Thursday said a former Grubhub Inc. delivery driver was an independent contractor and not the company’s employee, in the first case of its kind against a “gig economy” company that went to trial. …

Brokerslink Appoints Legrand as CEO, Succeeding Fonseca

Brokerslink announced the appointment of Jacqueline Legrand as CEO, succeeding José Manuel Fonseca, who is stepping back to focus his efforts on managing the growth of MDS Group, a Brokerslink reference shareholder, of which he is CEO. Legrand is chief …

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