Posts by Hometown Insurance
Workers’ Compensation Insurer Beacon Mutual Dealing With Ransomware Attack
Rhode Island-based Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. has experienced a data breach caused by a ransomware attack and is in the process of determining what information and persons may have been affected. The workers’ compensation insurer said it received an alert …
Read More Colorado Funeral Home Owner Who Abused Corpses Got 40 Years
A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley …
Read More People Moves: Diessner Promoted to President of Kraus-Anderson Insurance; Alliant Adds Quitmeyer to Chicago Employee Benefits Group
Diessner Promoted to President of Kraus-Anderson Insurance Jonathan Diessner has been promoted to president of Kraus-Anderson Insurance, one of Minnesota’s largest privately held independent insurance agencies and a member of the Kraus-Anderson family of companies, providing construction, real estate, risk …
Read More Kansas Jury Awards $8M to Family of Teen Who Died at Juvenile Intake Center
Jurors have awarded $8.3 million to the family of a Kansas foster teen who died in 2021 after he was held facedown for 39 minutes in a juvenile intake center while in the throes of a mental health crisis. Five …
Read More Giant Snails and Tiny Insects Threaten Rice and Crawfish Farms
Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he’s finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones. For every crawfish Courville dumps out of a trap, three …
Read More Social Networks Face Big Tobacco Moment Over Addiction Claims
Facebook, Google and other tech giants for more than a decade have rejected allegations that they build products deliberately to get kids addicted to social media. For the first time, company executives, including Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark …
Read More Family of Still-Missing Texas Camper Sues to Shut Down Camp Mystic
The family of an 8-year-old girl who remains missing after being swept away by Hill Country flooding that struck Camp Mystic last summer is suing its owners and demanding a judge prevent its reopening. The 100-page lawsuit, filed by Catherine …
Read More CNA Q4 Underwriting Results Drop 6.2%
Fourth quarter 2025 net income at CNA Financial shot up to $302 million compared with $21 million the prior year quarter. Results, CNA, said, included a $290 million benefit from a pension settlement transaction. The underwriting gain for CNA’s property/casualty …
Read More Mississippians Without Power for Two Weeks After Winter Storm
Nearly two weeks after an ice storm knocked out power to her home, Barbara Bishop still finds herself trying to flip the lights on and looking in her fridge for food that has since spoiled. Bishop, 79, and her 85-year-old …
Read More EEOC Files to Get NAPA Auto to Comply in Hiring Investigation
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last week filed documents in federal court to compel NAPA Auto Parts to comply with a subpoena. Back in May 2024, the EEOC filed a change under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act …
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