Federal safety officials have fined a Texas-based weapons manufacturer $197,000 for putting workers at risk. Maverick Arms Inc. in Eagle Pass, Texas, was cited on Sept. 30, 2015, by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for one willful …
A wrongful death lawsuit filed against gun maker Remington by families of some Newtown school, Connecticut, massacre victims has been sent from federal court back to state court, where it may have a better chance of succeeding. U.S. District Judge …
Michael K. Tveidt is the recipient of The Matt Wells Scholarship for The National Alliance Producer School on October 4-16 in Grapevine, Texas. Tveidt is with Fischer Rounds & Associates, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Selected for his high potential for …
New research by scientists at the University of Wyoming has found that extreme wildfire seasons are nothing new in the Rocky Mountain region: They also happened hundreds of years ago, after global temperatures had risen slightly. The study suggests that …
The new Supreme Court term will include high-level discussions of affirmative action, free association and religious liberty. But the first Monday in October is starting with a suit about a Eurail pass. Specifically, the court will consider whether selling a …
Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker and risk management services provider, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Burkwald & Associates Inc. of Pewaukee, Wis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1978, Burkwald & Associates is a management and employee …
QBE North America has welcomed another well established industry executive to its leadership team, with Walter Grote has joined QBE North America as senior vice president, commercial P/C, and will be based in the Chicago office. In this national role, Grote is …
The Norfolk & Dedham Group, a regional property/casualty insurer based in Dedham, Massachusetts, hired Katie Enslin as division manager, Sales and Marketing. Reporting to Senior Vice President Joel Murray, Enslin is responsible for overseeing a team of marketing representatives and …
Gov. Steve Bullock’s chief of staff is among the plaintiffs in a Montana lawsuit against Volkswagen over the automaker’s emissions-rigging scandal. Tracy Stone-Manning, her husband Richard Manning and Missoula resident Kristine Akland are the three Volkswagen car owners named as …
Los Angeles prosecutors say the doctor who orchestrated a $150 million insurance fraud scheme and allowed his assistant to perform surgeries is not in custody in Germany as they had previously reported. A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles district attorney …