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The Washington Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a 4.8% increase in the average price employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance in 2023. Employers and workers would jointly pay an additional $61 a year on average for …

Venbrook Group LLC named Louis Pippin as chief claims officer of Venbrook Claims Services. Pippin has nearly 30 years of experience in the areas of multi-line property/casualty liability lines, case management, cost control, compliance standards, and related service delivery of …

American Airlines Inc. on Tuesday confirmed a data breach and said while an “unauthorized actor” gained access to personal information of a small number of customers and employees through a phishing campaign, there was no evidence of data misuse. Shares …

Bundling home and auto insurance may have hit a roadblock as consumers have started to break up policies largely due to increases in auto insurance premiums, according to J.D. Power. Overall satisfaction and retention rates have been hurt by rising …

Eagle Services, an industrial and environmental cleaning service with locations in Illinois and Indiana, will pay $100,000 in monetary relief to a class of affected employees to voluntarily resolve an employment discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity …

Authorities in northeastern Alabama said a 70-year-old man fell to his death at a popular waterfall park. The man’s name hasn’t been released. DeKalb County Coroner Tom Wilson told AL.com that the man fell from a ledge at High Falls …

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into allegations of discrimination against Black officers by the Kansas City Police Department that reportedly begins during hiring and extends to promotions and discipline. The federal agency announced the inquiry in …

Oil titan BP reached a $2.75 million settlement over air pollution from its largest refinery after environmentalists complained of repeated emissions violations at the Whiting facility in Indiana. The agreement is the second in the past year between advocacy groups …

Amwins Connect, a national general agency that offers health and ancillary insurance solutions to benefits brokers, said it has expanded into the Florida market. The agency assists brokers with sales, renewals, administrative help, and post-sales servicing, to help manage and …

Specialty risk broker RB Jones announced its marine and energy division has acquired the Smart Cargo Insurance business from Boston-based managing general agent Corvus Insurance. The Corvus ocean cargo product offers an insurtech product for temperature-sensitive cargo such as food …