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Illinois Appellate Court Rules Freight Broker Not Liable for $18M Jury Award in Teen’s Brain Injury Case

A freight broker is not liable for an $18 million jury award to the mother of a teenage boy who suffered a brain injury when he was struck by a truck, an Illinois appellate court ruled Wednesday. A panel of …

Federal Lawsuit Alleges Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Texas and Louisiana Healthcare Facilities

Paramount Healthcare Consultants, LLC, which operates facilities across Texas and Louisiana, and MPD Operators Nazareth Hall, LLC, doing business as Nazareth Living Care Center in El Paso, Texas, violated federal law when they allowed an administrator to sexually harass a …

RT Specialty Expands RT Connector for Small Commercial Market

RT Specialty, the wholesale distribution division of Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), a leading international specialty insurance firm, announced its continued expansion of RT Connector, which provides digital solutions for the small commercial market segment. RT Connector allows retail insurance agents …

New Battery Recycling Plant Deepens Kentucky’s Ties to Electric Vehicles

A recycling facility will be built in Kentucky to shred electric vehicle batteries in a $65 million venture between American and South Korean companies that will supply material for a separate battery-related operation in the same town, the companies announced …

Former Residents Seek Compensation for Secret Government Testing in St. Louis Housing Project

ST. LOUIS (AP) __ Ben Phillips’ childhood memories include basketball games with friends, and neighbors gathering in the summer shade at their St. Louis housing complex. He also remembers watching men in hazmat suits scurry on the roofs of high-rise …

Looming Government Shutdown Would Halt NFIP Flood Policies, Disrupting Home Sales

A U.S. government shutdown, perhaps as soon as Saturday night, will force the National Flood Insurance Program to suspend issuing of new policies, potentially causing a major disruption for home buyers. The National Home Builders Association said that an estimated …

Las Vegas Hospitality Workers Permit Union to Call Strike Against Hotels, Casinos

Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hospitality workers fighting for new union contracts voted Tuesday to authorize a strike that could impact more than three dozen casinos and hotels, the city’s economic backbone. The Culinary Workers Union hasn’t gone on …

Inszone Acquires Sanfilippo & Sons in California

Inszone Insurance Services acquired Sanfilippo & Sons Insurance Services LLC in San Jose, California. Sanfilippo & Sons was founded in 1960 by Roy Sanfilippo. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sacramento, California, Inszone is an insurance brokerage firm that provides …

New MGA in Florida Shows More Growth in Private Flood Market

The private flood insurance market continues to expand, with a new managing general agent starting up in Florida. Titan Flood Inc., based in Tampa, is being launched by Stephanie Lee, the co-founder and chief operating officer of Neptune Flood, a …

European Insurers Underwrite 30% of US Coal: Study

Some of Europe’s biggest insurers are underwriting close to a third of the coal production that takes place in the US, even after pledging to target net zero emissions, according to a report by climate campaign group Insure Our Future. …

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