Posts by Hometown Insurance
Michigan AG Provides Tips to Avoid Storm-Related Scams
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sent a reminder to residents to watch out for post-storm scams after a winter storm brought frigid air and more than two feet of snow to much of the state. To avoid falling victim to …
Read More Ohio Wendy’s Sued for Disability and Age Discrimination
Wendy’s International, LLC violated federal law when it discriminated against a district manager because of disability and age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced. According to the lawsuit, Wendy’s International, LLC, which owns and …
Read More Last of 7 Kentucky Crop Insurance Fraudsters Sentenced to Prison Time
A wide net cast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the FBI has landed its final catch—prison time for the last of six Kentucky farmers and a warehouse manager found guilty of a long-running tobacco crop-insurance fraud scheme. Larry …
Read More Target, Walmart, Whole Foods Targeted in Botulism Suits
Target Corp., Whole Foods Market and Walmart Inc. will be added as defendants in lawsuits against baby formula maker ByHeart for selling a product potentially contaminated with spores that cause infant botulism. Bill Marler, a prominent foodborne-illness attorney who is …
Read More Brown University Faces US Probe Over Security After Deadly Shooting
Brown University placed its campus police chief on administrative leave and the Trump administration announced an investigation into the school’s security measures after a shooting rampage this month that killed two students and injured nine others. The Education Department’s Office …
Read More Tech Update: Zurich Launches AI-Powered Tool to Boost Multinational Contract Certainty
Zurich Insurance Group has launched Zurich Program IQ to help multinational businesses operate with confidence in an increasingly complex risk environment. This new AI-powered tool has been designed to further enhance contract certainty of multinational insurance programs across multiple regions, …
Read More Mexico Train Derailment Piles Pressure on Sheinbaum Over Safety of Megaprojects
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum deferred questions on Tuesday about the record of a passenger train that derailed over the weekend, killing 13 people and injuring 98 others, the latest in a series of accidents that have put pressure on her …
Read More Some Good Climate News to End the Year
Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions kept rising in 2025 and country pledges to cut them are nowhere near where they need to be to avoid catastrophic climate change, but there were silver linings too. The world is decarbonizing faster than was …
Read More 2025 Was One of Three Hottest Years on Record: Researchers
Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the threshold set in the 2015 Paris Agreement of …
Read More China Lashes Out at Criticism as Taiwan Drills Seem to Wind Down
China blasted Western criticism of its most intrusive drills ever around Taiwan as its armed forces appeared to wrap up the maneuvers. The Taiwan question was an “internal affair” and “no country is entitled to make irresponsible comments” about the …
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