Insurance
Ex-Twitter Exec Claims in Lawsuit He Was Fired for Raising Security Concerns
A former executive at Twitter Inc, now called X Corp, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after Elon Musk acquired the company for objecting to budget cuts that would prevent the company from complying with a U.S. government …
Read More Long Island Rail Road Employee Falsified Inspection Report Before Derailment
A former employee of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) pleaded guilty to falsely claiming he had inspected a part of a railway that an investigation determined was broken and contributed to a collision in Speonk, New York in 2019. …
Read More California Labor Commissioner’s Office Reaches $5.5M Wage Theft Settlement
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $5.5 million settlement against Adat Shalom Board and Care Inc. to compensate 148 workers who worked at the employer’s six adult care facilities in Los Angeles. The employees cared for elderly residents 24 …
Read More Colorado-Based Frontier Settles Suit Filed by Pilots Who Claimed Bias Over Pregnancy, Breastfeeding
Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding employees. In the agreement Frontier will let pilots pump breast milk in the cockpit during “noncritical phases” of flights. The …
Read More Pennsylvania Forms Flood Insurance Affordability Task Force
Pennsylvania has established a task force to recommend policies to make flood insurance more affordable. The Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force will examine potential programs that provide premium discounts, incentives for local governments to support flood mitigation efforts, necessary …
Read More People Moves: Atain Hires Delestienne as VP and Head of Binding Authority
Atain Insurance Companies, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Mich., hired Cara Delestienne as vice president and head of binding authority. Delestienne has over two decades of insurance industry experience, most recently serving as vice president operations at MacNeill Group, Inc. She …
Read More Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois to Rebrands as Big I Illinois in 2024
The Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois announced it will rebrand to Big I Illinois in 2024. The Illinois association’s rebranding will better reflect a name that has resonated with agents, carriers, and lawmakers throughout the organization’s 125-year history, the association …
Read More 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies Standard of Evidence for Negligence Award Against River Boat Pilots in Mississippi River Collision Case
As maritime accidents go, the collision between the M/V Strandja and the M/V Kieffer E. Bailey on the Mississippi River was hardly a catastrophe. A jury determined that damages amounted to only $114,000. But the accident did provide an opportunity …
Read More Texas Prosecutor Drops Most Cases Against Austin Police Officers Over Tactics Used During 2020 Protests
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas prosecutor whose office oversaw indictments against more than 20 Austin police officers for tactics used during the 2020 protests that followed George Floyd`s killing said Monday he was dropping most of the cases and …
Read More Auto Safety Regulators To Watch Unrecalled Takata Inflators After One Blows Apart, Injuring a Driver in Chicago
DETROIT (AP) – U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they are monitoring data from a group of mostly unrecalled Takata air bag inflators after one of them exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously injured a driver …
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