An official with a southeast Missouri glass company where a worker suffered third-degree burns says the firm will appeal proposed penalties of $122,000. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the proposed penalties on Oct. 14 for Piramal Glass …
Nearly 2,900 West Virginians have overdosed on prescription painkillers or heroin over the past five years, according to the state Health Statistics Center. The center also said overdose deaths last year were the highest in West Virginia since 2011, and …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a $70 million jury award that Stryker Corp. won against Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. for patent infringement should be tripled. The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by Stryker …
A Richland, South Carolina jury has ruled that a local bar owes $3.85 million in a negligence verdict issued in connection with the bar’s role in serving liquor to a drunken man who later was in a wreck that killed …
Mathenia Insurance Group owner Dave Mathenia announced that Bill Kaatman and Kristin Rubinstein have earned co-ownership of the insurance agency based in St. Peter, Mo. Mathenia, who has more than 35 years in the industry, will continue to serve as …
MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, has expanded its Private Client Solutions (PCS) E&S underwriting division with the hire of Crystal Wittwer. Wittwer has over 15 years of industry experience and will serve as …
Denise Tucker, a teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, has been named the 2015 InVEST Teacher of the Year Award. The program is a key driver to attract new talent to the insurance industry. Tucker has taught high school …
Hanover Insurance Group Inc. Chief Financial Officer David Greenfield has died, leading Fred Eppinger, the insurer’s leader for more than a decade, to take on a dual role ahead of his planned departure. Greenfield, 53, died over the weekend after …
A U.S. jury has ordered Apple Inc. to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm more than $234 million in damages for incorporating its microchip technology into some of the company’s iPhones and iPads without permission. The amount was …
Climate change has added billions to the toll of hurricane strikes on the U.S., according to a study that challenges the prevailing scientific view that the rising cost is mainly because more buildings, towns and businesses are in the way. …