Posts by Hometown Insurance

A member of the American Bar Association (ABA) has filed a class-action lawsuit against the organization related to a recent data breach. Tiffany Troy, on behalf of herself and other affected members, filed the suit in U.S. District Court for …

A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation in a confrontation in which a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery. Police closed the case without consulting the …

A South African teenage farm worker who suffocated to death after falling into a grain storage bin would still be alive had a Mississippi soybean farm followed federal workplace safety standards, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety …

Eunice Ting, of Watervliet, New York, pled guilty last Thursday to making a false statement to obtain benefits from the Department of Labor’s workers’ compensation program. According to prosecutors, Ting admitted that between December 2013 and March 2020, she falsely …

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is considering a sale of its life insurance business in Southeast Asia that could be valued at about $1 billion in a deal, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Japanese insurer looks to …

Marsh McLennan Companies Inc. reports “a strong start” to 2023, generating 9% underlying revenue growth in the first quarter on top of 10% growth in the first quarter of last year, according to John Doyle, president and chief executive officer. …

A minor magnitude 3.6 earthquake shook parts of upstate New York on Sunday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of significant damage. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the earthquake struck at 2:10 p.m. with an epicenter about 10 miles …

The Confederation of British Industry may not survive a scandal triggered by rape claims among staff, its president said, as he acknowledged that the business group had failed to dismiss “abhorrent” employees who’d harmed their colleagues. Brian McBride wrote an …

A Brazilian reinsurer entered a non-prosecution agreement and will pay $5 million to resolve a U.S. probe into a false story that the company had received a significant investment from billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The U.S. Department of …

When the U.S. Supreme Court decides in the coming months whether to weaken a powerful shield protecting internet companies, the ruling also could have implications for rapidly developing technologies like artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The justices are due to rule …