The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Waclaw Cilulko, doing business as American Masonry Inc., for seven alleged willful health violations of OSHA’s lead standards. Proposed penalties total $196,000. An inspection of a commercial building …
Federal regulators have sent a warning letter to a Chicago fertility doctor, citing his clinic’s failure to meet standards for screening egg donors for sexually transmitted diseases. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s letter to Dr. Martin Balin was posted …
The Horton Group, a larged, privately held insurance agency based in Orland Park, Ill., announced a strategic merger agreement with Cassady Neeser & Brasseur of South Bend, Ind.. The merger, effective Oct. 31, 2012, combines two leading independent agencies providing …
Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. has appointed James Anderson as senior vice president, Financial Planning & Analysis and Corporate Development effective Nov. 5, 2012. Anderson will be responsible for corporate mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. He will also lead all aspects of …
Corn farmers who chose to pay more to insure their crops at harvest prices have gotten some welcome news from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers who bought the more expensive crop insurance option last spring will earn $7.50 per …
A teen injured in a car wreck is entitled to underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) under her father’s business auto policy even though the vehicle she was riding in was not a listed vehicle on the policy, according to a decision …
The families of a three babies sickened by a rare bacterial infection, including a 10-day-old Missouri infant who died, filed a lawsuit against the Illinois-based manufacturer of a powdered baby formula that they believe is responsible. The lawsuit contends the …
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has appointed Robert Haibi to the position of personal insurance distribution and agency management executive. He will be based in Chicago, Ill. Haibi has full distribution responsibility for personal lines business, focusing on the specialized needs …
White non-Hispanic construction workers are awarded higher workers’ compensation settlements in Illinois than Hispanic or black construction workers with similar injuries and disabilities, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. The disparity amounted …
The H.W. Kaufman Financial Group announced the acquisition of Mertens Enterprises Inc. (DBA Tracz & Associates), a provider of premium insurance audit services headquartered in Lockport, Ill. The transaction closed on Oct.1, 2012. Tracz & Associates will retain its Chicagoland …
