December 12, 2014
The wife of a man killed in a Nov. 20 explosion on a Fieldwood Energy platform has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Louisiana that claims the victim and his crew were told the piece of …
December 10, 2014
Anita Maxwell, who was featured in season four of the television reality series “Bridezillas,” has surrendered herself to the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County on 14 felony counts associated with insurance fraud. A California Department of Insurance …
December 10, 2014
The rate of work-related injuries and illnesses among Louisiana’s private sector employers improved to its best level since the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration revised its record-keeping rules in 2002. Louisiana ranked second-best among 41 states and the District …
December 10, 2014
Indiana officials say nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses across the state fell to the lowest rate on record with 3.8 per 100 full-time workers last year. The Indiana Department of Labor says the annual rate improves on the 2012 rate …
December 10, 2014
Zurich American Insurance Co. has launched a new product under its ZProgramsMatch specialty insurance program to protect YMCAs, Jewish community organizations and camps. The program, which is available through Zurich Program Administrators, offers property insurance; crime; inland marine; general liability, …
December 9, 2014
Iowa authorities say a worker at a beef jerky distribution facility has been critically injured after a pallet fell on her head. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office tells KETV-TV the woman was hospitalized in Council Bluffs. The accident was reported …
December 5, 2014
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation. Based upon its review of the most recently available data, NCCI has proposed in its Nov. 17 filing …
December 4, 2014
Five utility workers were injured in a gas line explosion and fire in Memphis. Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke said three Memphis Light, Gas & Water workers suffered critical wounds, and two others had less severe injuries. He said the …
November 21, 2014
The Connecticut Insurance Department recently approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) workers’ compensation filing for an overall -0.6 percent change for pure premium loss costs and an overall -0.5 percent change in assigned risk plan rates in Connecticut. …
November 20, 2014
The widow of one of four workers killed in a Houston-area DuPont chemical plant leak has filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more than $1 million. The Houston Chronicle reported that the lawsuit was filed by Michelle Tisnado, who was …