Posts by Hometown Insurance
Hackers Abuse Modified Salesforce App to Steal Data, Extort Companies, Google Says
Hackers are tricking employees at companies in Europe and the Americas into installing a modified version of a Salesforce-related app, allowing the hackers to steal reams of data, gain access to other corporate cloud services and extort those companies, Google …
Read More Former Students Sue Baltimore Schools Alleging Abuse by Teacher
Three women are suing Baltimore’s public school system, alleging they were sexually abused by a special education teacher decades ago while administrators failed to protect students from his predatory behavior. One of the plaintiffs was 14 when she alleges the …
Read More Chased by Golf Cart at Work: Horseplay or Assault? For Workers’ Comp, It Matters.
Workers’ compensation benefits are not available to a worker injured when he was chased and hit by a golf cart driven by a co-worker who claimed he was just horsing around. The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that Dennis Ocasio’s …
Read More Maine to Require Landowners to Report Enrollment in Forest Carbon Programs
A law signed by Maine Gov. Janet Mills last week requires landowners who are participating in the forest carbon credit market to report basic data — including a landowner’s name, contact information, date of enrollment and total enrolled acreage — …
Read More Howden Acquires Granular Investments for Credit Risk Transfer Capabilities
Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, today announces the acquisition of Granular Investments Limited and Granular Investments EU SAS. This transaction strengthens Howden’s credit risk transfer capabilities in Europe and enhances Howden’s product offerings for large financial institutions. Founded in …
Read More Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wilkins & Associates in Nevada
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today acquired Reno, Nevada-based Wilkins & Associates Insurance Services Inc. Steve Wilkins, Jared Wilkins and their team will operate under the direction of Scott Firestone, head of Gallagher’s Southwest region retail property/casualty brokerage operations. Wilkins …
Read More People Moves: Finys hires Norman as Chief Growth Officer, Khetrapal as Director of Finance
Finys, an insurance software solutions provider headquartered in Troy, Michigan, appointed Tim Norman as chief growth officer and Rishi Khetrapal as director of finance. Norman has over 20 years of experience in insurance technology, with a background in property and …
Read More TN Metal-Treating Firm Failed to Learn from Previous Incidents, Safety Board Says
A French-owned metal-treating company in Tennessee failed to utilize safety management and failed to implement lessons learned from previous incidents before a 2024 explosion that killed one worker and heavily damaged the site, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation …
Read More Triple-I: New Research Suggest Link Between Litigation Funding, Attorney Ads
According to research from the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), legal service providers spent more than $2.5 billion on 26.9 million ads in 2024 alone—with significant increases in television, radio and outdoor advertising since 2017. The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) …
Read More Misdemeanor Charges Filed in Wakeboarding Girl’s Death in South Florida
Misdemeanor charges have filed against the man who was operating the boat that fatally struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach last year, as well as the man who was operating the boat she had been wakeboarding behind, …
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