A jury has found that a roofing contractor in Maine is not guilty of workplace manslaughter for the 2018 death of a worker. The Portland Press Herald reports that the jury reached its verdict at the Cumberland County Courthouse. Shawn …
Confie, a U.S. independent personal lines distributor, will acquire Velox Insurance as an affiliate to its nonstandard national brand, Freeway Insurance. The acquisition includes all 40 locations in Georgia, tripling Confie’s presence in the state, as well as two Florida …
Health insurance costs for employers rose the most in over a decade this year as Americans resumed non-urgent procedures delayed earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published on Monday. The survey by benefits company Mercer of …
A former official for a central Montana coal mine plead guilty to conspiring with others to not make required reports about workplace accidents that injured employees, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Montana said. Dale Lee Musgrave of Pompeys Pillar, who …
A California regulator on Monday said it has suspended a driverless testing permit for startup technology firm Pony.ai following an accident – the first time it has issued such a suspension. On Oct. 28, a Pony.ai vehicle operating in autonomous …
A father and son charged with starting a massive California wildfire that destroyed many homes and forced tens of thousands of people to flee Lake Tahoe communities earlier this year pleaded not guilty in court. The El Dorado County prosecutor’s …
Seattle’s Catholic archdiocese has agreed to pay a Washington woman $725,000 as part of an early dispute resolution to her lawsuit alleging an unidentified employee sexually abused her at the Catholic school she attended more than 40 years ago. The …
VYRD, a new insurance company serving homeowners in Florida, launched as a joint venture between SiriusPoint Ltd., a specialty insurer and reinsurer, and insurtech company bolt. VYRD will initially distribute its products through the independent agency network and affiliated partners. …
The Mayfield Consumer Products factory was the third-biggest employer in this corner of western Kentucky, an important economic engine that churned out candles that lined the shelves of malls around the U.S. But why its workers kept making candles Friday …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the London Market Group, Carbon Underwriting and Dale Underwriting Partners. A summary of these announcements follows here. WTW’s Swift Joins Board of London Market Group The London Market Group announced that …