The family of a worker killed in 2018 when a nearly 2,000-foot tall TV tower in southwest Missouri collapsed is suing Missouri State University for wrongful death. The April 19, 2018, tower collapse happened in Fordland, killing 56-year-old Steve Lemay, …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that 550,000 acres of Iowa corn will not be harvested this fall due to damage caused by the Aug. 10 windstorm that swept across the state. That estimate in a report released on …
NBIS, a provider of specialty construction insurance and risk management will now offer coverage for the specialized transportation/heavy haul industry through a new market parntnership with the member companies of reinsurer SCOR. The specialized transportation business is defined as open …
Zurich North America, based in Schaumburg, Ill., has launched an Occupational Accident & Employers Work Injury Liability Insurance Policy for nonsubscribers to the workers’ compensation system in Texas. The new offering is the result of a collaboration with program administrator …
The American Family Insurance group, based in Madison, Wisconsin, is giving its more than 13,500 employees nationwide a paid day off to vote. The company said employees may choose to take Nov. 3 off to vote in person, but because …
Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired West Monroe, Louisiana-based The Kirksey Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Kirksey Agency was founded in 1980 with crop insurance as its flagship product, servicing Louisiana, Arkansas …
A county in North Carolina incorrectly told nearly 7,000 residents they had tested positive for the coronavirus due what officials say was a technical glitch. The messages were sent by text messages to more than 6,700 residents in Mecklenburg Countyincorre …
China’s ruling Communist Party is demanding a show of greater loyalty from the sprawling private sector as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with growing external risks, from open U.S. hostility to the coronavirus pandemic. In recent years, the party has …
Canadian insurer Manulife Financial Group will restore some coverage for coronavirus-related trip interruptions in a new travel insurance policy that also includes COVID-19 in its emergency medical coverage. The policy will launch in October for Canadians traveling domestically and internationally, …
Insurance broker and consultant NFP is rebranding all of its European brokerages under its corporate name. The New York-based firm said that Mackenzie Taylor Benefits Consultants Limited, Linkfield Corporate Solutions Limited and Wentworth Employee Benefits Limited in the UK, as …