The city of Chicago has filed a $300 million lawsuit against the former operator of its red light cameras, alleging the program was built on bribery. The Chicago Tribune reports the lawsuit seeks more than double the $124 million Redflex …
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The number of uninsured people in Rhode Island has dropped by more than half since 2012, according to a survey released on Sept. 10 by the state’s health insurance exchange. Fewer than 50,000 people in Rhode Island now lack health …
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Workers’ compensation rates in Oklahoma are expected to drop in 2016, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) filed an overall loss cost decrease of 14.8 percent. This is the third straight year rates have …
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The fire that destroyed the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis, S.D., is stoking fears of a disaster during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The annual late-summer rally draws hundreds of thousands of people to the area. The fire happened weeks after …
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R-T Specialty LLC (RT Specialty), the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC, has acquired A.J. Renner & Associates, an Illinois-based wholesale insurance broker specializing in the life science arena. Following the close of the transaction, the core of the …
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A University of Arizona student is suing the school after a 270-pound meteorite crushed his hand. The Arizona Republic reported that the lawsuit filed in Pima County Superior Court earlier this week says freshman Grant Black tried to move a …
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Joseph McCormick has joined Centauri Insurance as the company’s new regional sales manager for Texas. McCormick brings more than 26 years of sales and agency management experience to Centauri Insurance and is charged with expanding Centauri’s Texas residential property programs. …
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Wisconsin-based energy-efficient lighting designer and manufacturer Orion Energy Systems will pay $160,000 and furnish other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to EEOC’s lawsuit, Orion fired IT employee …
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Two companies have been cited by West Virginia regulators for alleged violations found during investigations of separate fatal mine accidents. The Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training issued two citations to Rogers Petroleum Services Inc. and eight citations to …
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Two Maricopa County, Ariz. residents have filed a lawsuit against a California company over a salmonella outbreak linked to tainted cucumbers. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there have been 341 reported cases of salmonella involving the …
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