A Southern California jury awarded $40 million to the parents of a man who was stabbed to death in a TGI Friday’s restaurant. The panel found that the restaurant’s operator was 55 percent responsible for the January 2009 death at …
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Barney & Barney Insurance Services LLC has named Sam Quigley director of property/casualty. Quigley will work in the firm’s Orange County, Calif. office, where he will focus on building the firm’s presence in the region, as well as recruiting, training and developing personnel. …
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This question of whether an Uber driver is an employee doesn’t matter just to Uber. As you may have heard, the on-demand car-service juggernaut lost a case early this month before the California Labor Commissioner on whether a driver was …
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RSA Insurance Group plc’s former Irish head was awarded 1.25 million euros ($1.4 million), as a tribunal said the company destroyed his reputation amid a scandal that triggered the biggest sell-off in its shares for a decade. Philip Smith won his constructive …
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday the departure of three long-serving cabinet members: Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski, State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff and Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd. Kobylowski will leave the administration over the next several weeks, according …
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American International Group Inc. announced that Annabelle Bexiga has been named business information officer (BIO) for Commercial Insurance. Effective in August 2015, Bexiga will report to Phil Fasano, chief information officer, and will also report to John Doyle, chief executive …
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New U.S. fracking safety rules set to take effect Wednesday were put on hold by a Wyoming federal judge who said he needed more evidence to decide whether to block them as requested by drillers and four western states. Before …
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Cigna Corp. rejected Anthem Inc.’s $47 billion takeover bid, saying it was inadequate, not in the best interests of shareholders and that Anthem’s management wasn’t fit to lead a merged insurance giant. Anthem on Saturday offered to buy the smaller …
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Arkansas insurance industry leaders have established the Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame (AIHF) and are now taking nominations for its first honorees. The AIHF will be housed within the College of Business at the University of Central Arkansas. Its formation was led by …
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Aspen U.S. Insurance said that Grace Fortune has joined as senior vice president and product line leader for Products Liability. Reporting to Roxanne Mitchell, executive vice president for Aspen U.S. Casualty, Fortune will be based in Chicago. She will oversee …
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