Insurance
60-Ton Crane Crashes Onto Downtown Oklahoma City Building
A 60-ton crane being used to remove a video display board from a downtown Oklahoma City building toppled onto the building that houses several news offices, officials said. The crane’s operator suffered minor injuries in the Saturday afternoon accident. Two …
Read More EEOC: Indiana-Based Pharmaceutical Corporation Sued for Age Discrimination
Lilly USA, LLC, a pharmaceutical corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, violated federal law by intentionally failing to hire older workers based on their age for pharmaceutical sales representative positions from April 2017 to 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
Read More Louisiana Marine Services Company Sued for Disability Discrimination
Eagle Marine Services Electrical & Refrigeration, LLC, a marine services company based in Berwick, Louisiana, violated federal law when it refused to hire or accommodate a worker because he used medication prescribed by his doctor to treat attention deficit hyperactivity …
Read More Advocates Seek More Say in How Ohio Opioid Settlements are Spent
The tattoos on Billie Stafford’s hands — inspired by street art and full of references to her work helping prevent drug-related deaths — have become an indelible memorial to the friend who inked them and the opioid crisis that killed …
Read More People Moves: AXA XL Taps SCOR’s Croese for Energy & Construction Team, APAC & Europe; Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Promotes O’Neill and Reddin in Ireland
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI). A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Taps SCOR’s Croese for Energy & Construction Team, APAC & Europe AXA …
Read More Biogen Agrees to Pay $900M to Resolve Kickback Claims
A Biogen Inc. whistle-blower will collect almost $250 million for bringing to light a kickback scheme the company agreed to resolve by paying the US and state governments $900 million. The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed by former Biogen employee …
Read More Insurers Warn California’s Inaction Threatens Auto Policies
Top U.S. insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the nation’s largest automobile insurance market by refusing to approve any rate increases for more than two years, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The companies …
Read More Connecticut Lab Faces $907K in OSHA Fines Over Claims of Workers’ Chemical Exposure
For several months, employees at a Manchester, Connecticut environmental laboratory complained to management about faulty ventilation systems and about symptoms related to exposure to ethylene chloride, a highly hazardous chemical, according to federal workplace safety officials. Despite knowledge of these …
Read More Unidentified Drones Could Risk Accidents, Attacks at Oil & Gas Platforms: Norway Watchdog
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) on Monday urged oil companies to be more vigilant over unidentified drones seen flying near Norwegian offshore oil and gas platforms, warning they could pose a risk of accidents or deliberate attacks. The warning came …
Read More Bank of England Won’t Take ‘Risky Bets’ to Boost City of London’s Competitiveness
The Bank of England’s new objective of helping the financial sector remain globally competitive should not encourage risky bets on regulatory standards to win business, BoE executive director Victoria Saporta said on Tuesday. Britain wants a “Big Bang 2.0” – …
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