Insurance
Houston Business to Pay $300K For Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced that a Travis County district court judge convicted Sehgal & Sons Enterprises (Ultra Business Services Inc.) of first-degree felony in a scheme to defraud Texas Mutual Insurance Company (Texas …
Read More Illinois Contractor Faces $277K in Fines for Deadly Fall Hazard Exposure
Three times in four months, federal safety inspectors observed workers employed by a Calumet City roofing contractor exposed to deadly fall hazards at job sites in Lake Zurich and Wheeling. In each instance, the company’s foremen on site failed to …
Read More After Election, Marijuana Advocates Look to Oklahoma, Other States
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Law-abiding marijuana enthusiasts could find themselves in a bit of a predicament following voter approval of a recreational cannabis initiative in Missouri. Though it soon will become legal for adults to possess and ingest cannabis, …
Read More SEC Assessed Record Penalties in Fiscal 2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission assessed a record $6.4 billion in fines and ill-gotten gains as it picked up the pace of enforcement in fiscal 2022, the agency said in an annual report. The total assessed included a record …
Read More House Fire Kills Two Babies in Rural Georgia
A house fire in rural Pike County, Georgia, killed two toddlers on Saturday, authorities said. The fire in Molena, about 60 miles south of Atlanta, was accidental in nature, according to investigators with the Georgia insurance and fire commissioner’s office. …
Read More European Countries Face Strikes, Protests Due to High Energy Prices, Cost of Living
European countries are facing strikes and protests due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living. Here are details of some recent and current industrial actions and demonstrations. BRITAIN * More than 70,000 university staff at 150 British universities …
Read More New Response Truck to Assist at Kentucky Natural Disasters
The Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police has a new response truck to deploy teams to natural disasters. The truck, trailer and equipment will allow meal preparation for first responders at the scene and ensure adequate access to food, water and …
Read More FEMA’s Home Buyout Program Weighted in Bureaucracy, Lacks Equity: Cornell
As climate change threatens residential areas, a longtime federal home buyout program – designed to eliminate risk to people and property – has become bureaucratically inaccessible and inequitable, according to researchers at Cornell University. To offer solutions, the researchers compared …
Read More OSHA Cites Massachusetts Roofing Company for Fifth Time
A Quincy, Massachusetts roofing contractor exposed workers on the roofs of a garage and house in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood to potentially fatal falls from heights, federal workplace safety inspectors reported. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it has cited …
Read More Five Iran-Connected Oil Tankers Lose Their Flags Following U.S. Sanctions
The international ship registries of Djibouti and the Cook Islands suspended the flags on five oil tankers, following sanctions by the United States this month for having facilitated oil trade for Hezbollah and Iran’s Quds Force, nongovernment organization United Against …
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