Federal authorities have filed a lawsuit seeking judgment against an Italian shipping line for damage allegedly caused by one of its ships to a jetty along the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Delaware …
DARAG Group Ltd., the Malta-based legacy acquirer, announced the completion of the acquisitions of both The Underwriter Insurance Co. Ltd., a UK-based insurer in run-off, and of the previously announced sale and purchase agreement with One Re Ltd., a London-based …
LMC Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in West De Moines, Iowa, has joined Florida-based AssuredPartners Inc.’s national broker team. LMC’s operations consist of 290 dedicated employees who will remain under the operational leadership of LMC President and CEO Greg LaMair. …
AM Best has downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a” from “a+” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Atain Specialty Insurance Co. and Atain Insurance Co., collectively referred to …
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that imposes new restrictions on firefighting foam to curb pollution from PFAS chemicals. The bill prohibits the use of foam containing intentionally added PFAS except in emergency fire situations. Firefighters will have …
The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that provides $20 million for flood relief requested by Gov. Kim Reynolds to help shore up levees in southwest Iowa in anticipation of flooding along the Missouri River this spring. All 48 senators …
A federal judge in Tennessee has awarded a $15 million judgment to a 15-year-old boy who suffered a brain injury at a hospital on the Fort Campbell Army post. The parents of the boy filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in …
White River Health System Inc., a provider of health care services throughout North Central Arkansas, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for age discrimination. In a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, the EEOC said the …
USI Insurance Services has acquired Las Vegas, Nev.-based Orgill Singer & Associates Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. All of the agency’s team members in Las Vegas and Reno, including David Dahan, chief executive officer, Eric Springall, president, …
Tsunami warning sirens wailing early Friday morning in the Southern California city of Huntington Beach were a false alarm, authorities confirmed. “There is no current threat to our community and we are working to determine exactly how/why the sirens were …