‘Barista Wrist’ Among Restaurant Industry’s Highest Lost Time Injuries December 28, 2018 Restaurant workers miss about a month from work from a variety of injuries, on average, but for coffee shop workers,...
Whitmer Taps Fox to Lead Michigan Insurance, Financial Services Department December 28, 2018 Michigan Governor-Elect Gretchen Whitmer has selected Anita Fox to head the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services. Fox brings...
Florida County Wants Hurricane Michael Named Category 5 Storm December 28, 2018 Some officials in one Florida Panhandle county are pushing for Hurricane Michael to be labelled a Category 5 storm. The...
Alleging Fraud, Minnesota AG Swanson Sues Comcast December 28, 2018 By Steve Karnowski Minnesota’s attorney general sued Comcast/Xfinity on Dec. 21, alleging that the company has overcharged thousands of consumers for cable TV...
Wells Fargo to Pay States $575 Million in Sales Abuse Claims December 28, 2018 By Imani Moise Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $575 million to settle claims made by U.S. states that the bank created phony...
South Carolina Gov Creates Commission to Tackle State Flooding Problems December 28, 2018 By Jeffrey Collins Gov. Henry McMaster isn’t taking three once-in-a-lifetime floods in South Carolina in four years lightly. He created a commission of...
Texas Lawyer Indicted for Allegedly Fraudulent Hail Claim Lawsuits December 28, 2018 A Galveston, Texas, attorney is facing felony charges of insurance fraud, barratry, and money laundering related to several fraudulent hail...
Commercial Auto: An Old Dog Up to New Tricks December 28, 2018 By Steve Discher and Ray Mazzotta For the seventh consecutive year, commercial auto is losing money. Despite rate increases in 23 of the last 25 quarters,...
Global Gender Pay Gap Improves Slightly but Will Take Many Years to Close: WEF December 28, 2018 By Krystal Chia The good news: The global gender gap has improved, slightly. The reality: Differences in economic opportunity, including pay between men...
Ohio Agents Group Adds Fitzsimmons as Customer Experience Manager December 28, 2018 Ohio Insurance Agents Association has hired Ashley Fitzsimmons as customer experience manager. Growing OIA’s vision to be a “change agent...