The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) must do more to address ergonomic hazards at warehouses and delivery companies, where the number of injured workers in the growing sector are on the rise, a new report advises. The Government …
Hurricane Milton caused an estimated $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion in damage to Florida’s crops and agricultural infrastructure, according to a preliminary assessment released by the state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Thursday. The majority of Florida’s citrus …
An agreement by Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco to pay 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) in compensation for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil could end more than a hundred lawsuits against the mining companies in the South …
HDI Global U.S. Appoints Long as US Casualty Lead HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC), the U.S. subsidiary of inter-national corporate and specialty insurer HDI Global SE (HDI), headquartered in Chicago, appointed Thomas Long as U.S. casualty lead. With an insurance …
Unison Risk Advisors (URA) reports that Avondale Insurance Associates has joined the firm and is the first company to join URA’s non-retail division. Established in 2006, Avondale Insurance Associates is an excess and surplus lines underwriting management company across all …
Risk Strategies appointed Jeff Clinkscales as senior vice president, private client services leader for the west region. He oversees the region’s sales and service teams, manages relationships with carrier partners and other third parties and will spearhead the development of …
Four hacked companies will pay a total of almost $7 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that they downplayed the significance of the cyberattacks, the latest fallout from the massive SolarWinds Corp. breach. Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings …
ALKEME acquired Pinnacle Insurance Consultants in Scottsdale, Arizona. Pinnacle Insurance Consultants specializes in errors & omissions insurance for real estate firms. ALKEME is an insurance agency providing businesses and individuals with commercial and personal insurance, employee and executive benefits, retirement …
A man who worked for United Way in Massachusetts was convicted in federal court of taking $6.7 million from the nonprofit through an information technology company that he secretly owned. Imran Alrai, 59, was convicted Wednesday in Concord, New Hampshire, …
Walmart will pay $7.5 million to resolve charges that the largest U.S. retailer illegally disposed of hazardous and medical waste from its facilities into California municipal landfills. The settlement was announced on Tuesday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, following …