Insurance
Fast Company Shuts Website After Hack Sends ‘Obscene’ Apple News Notifications
U.S. business and media publication Fast Company said it shut down its website on Tuesday evening after the site was hacked and sent “obscene and racist” notifications to Apple users via the iPhone maker’s Apple News service. News publishers using …
Read More Unlicensed Louisiana Agent Arrested for Insurance Fraud
In June 2021, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit New Orleans Field Office (LSP-IFAT-NFO) began an investigation into a Marrero business providing fraudulent insurance policies. Troopers received information from the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) that representatives …
Read More Louisiana Furniture Retailer Sued for Race Discrimination
Affordable Rent-to-Own, LLC, doing business as Affordable Home Furnishings, a furniture retailer and lessor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, violated federal law when it subjected an African American manager-in-training to a hostile work environment and then discharged him in retaliation when …
Read More Acrisure Buys UK Broker CRK Commercial Insurance Services Ltd.
Acrisure, the fintech company that operates a top-10 global insurance broker, announced it had acquired CRK Commercial Insurance Services Ltd., the specialist commercial schemes provider. Financial details of the deal, which is expected to close in early October, were not …
Read More New York Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to $30K Workers’ Compensation Fraud
A New York bus driver faces sentencing for fraudulently collecting more than $30,000 in workers’ compensation wage indemnity benefits by falsely claiming that she was unable to work as a result of a disability, officials announced. State Inspector General Lucy …
Read More Employees Sickened by Substance at California Plastics Recycler
Authorities say nine people were taken to the hospital this week after being exposed to a caustic substance at a California plastics recycling company. Seven workers had breathing problems or other symptoms while two firefighters who entered the building were …
Read More Alliance 360˚ Acquires M.I. Insurance Solutions in California
Alliance 360˚ Insurance Solutions acquired M.I. Insurance Solutions, located in Cypress, California. M.I. Insurance Solutions was founded in 2005 as a joint venture between The J. Morey Company and Miyuki Inouye to provide clients with life and health benefits for …
Read More OSHA Seeks $1.2M Fine From Demolition Firm in Fatal Boston Garage Collapse
A heavy equipment operator doing demolition on the eighth floor of the Government Center garage in downtown Boston died on March 26, 2022, when the partially demolished floor collapsed, and the 11,000-pound excavator and its operator fell 80 feet. It …
Read More Some 349,000 Still Without Power in Puerto Rico After Fiona
An estimated 349,000 homes and businesses were still without power in Puerto Rico on Wednesday after Hurricane Fiona hit on Sept. 18, causing an island-wide power outage for its 3.3 million people. After hitting Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, …
Read More New Jersey Insurance Law on Ride-Hailing Does Not Apply to Food Delivery: Court
A New Jersey court has ruled that an insurer is not required to provide coverage to an Uber Eats food delivery driver under the state’s law requiring app-based transport services to provide underinsured motorist for their drivers. The law requiring …
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