A Houston-based engineering and construction company will pay a former employee $50,960 to resolve an age discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), alleges Burrow Global Services LLC fired an employee …
A former Uber driver in Central California was found guilty of sexually assaulting and stealing from five passengers. Jurors took less than three hours to convict Alfonso Alarcon Nunez of 13 felonies, including three charges of rape, the San Luis …
The lawsuit from a 2017 crash of an airplane on 1900 West in Roy lingers on, more than three years after it was filed. The pilot, apparently, was not insured, leaving Samantha Sandoval – hit in her car in the …
A tornado with an estimated wind speed of 110 mph touched down in Vermont on Friday afternoon, injuring at least two people. A statement from the National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont, says the tornado threw a barrel into a …
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced his nomination of Tracy Thompson as insurance fraud prosecutor. Thompson has led the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor in an acting capacity since March 2018. Her nomination, which will be formally submitted …
Utility crews restored service after an underground electrical fire rocked the New Jersey shore city made famous by Bruce Springsteen’s music. Thursday’s blast caused two manhole covers to come out of the ground and forced the evacuation of some businesses …
The Allstate Corp. said it has agreed to sell its New York life insurance and annuity operation to Wilton Re for $220 million. The selling of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (ALNY), along with the previously announced agreement …
Private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has joined with management of SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance), the nation’s largest alliance of independent insurance agencies, to acquire the company. New Hampshire-headquartered SIAA says its model and operations will remain unchanged under …
Despite continued robust agency mergers and acquisitions activity, the number of independent insurance agencies has remained stable at 36,000, a number slightly below the last tally of 36,500 in 2018. That’s according to the 2020 Agency Universe Study from Future …
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has vetoed a bill that would have provided for prejudgment interest in the recovery of damages in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits. House Bill 3360 “provides for the recovery of prejudgment interest on all damages …