A Detroit, Mich.-area funeral home has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit that led to a groundbreaking decision that protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment. Aimee Stephens, 59, died weeks before the U.S. Supreme …
Auto fatalities are up in Wisconsin despite there being fewer people on the road due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report released on Dec. 1 by the Wisconsin Policy Forum found. The report examined state crash data from March 14 …
Alera Group, an insurance firm headquartered in Deerfield, Mich., has acquired Lighthouse Group, an independent insurance agency with eight locations through Michigan. The acquisition was effective Dec. 1, 2020. Lighthouse Group provides employee benefits and property/casualty insurance products and services. …
Port officials have begun clearing a shipping channel in Louisiana after sediments pushed into the waterway by hurricanes made the water too shallow for some vessels to pass safely. The work on Port Fourchon’s Belle Pass in Lafourche Parish began …
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. (Core Specialty) has completed its recapitalization of StarStone U.S. Holdings Inc. (StarStone U.S.) and named Jeff Consolino as president and CEO. In a media release, the company said the recapitalization was led by …
Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has added Rick Childs as senior vice president, Construction, to lead its growing construction business. Childs brings 25 years of commercial insurance industry experience, including the past decade focused on construction. Previously …
AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb+” of Bremen Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. (Bremen) in Bremen, Kan. The …
Authorities say no one was hurt in an explosion and fire at a northeast Kansas distilling plant that was fined earlier this year over a noxious cloud of fumes that sent dozens to the hospital in 2016. Atchison Police Chief …
A Black Louisiana sheriff’s deputy has sued a white former judge, saying a racial slur in her private text messages defamed him and has hurt his ability to do his job since being made public. Assumption Parish Deputy Erick Taylor …
A pre-Thanksgiving Day tornado swept through parts of the Dallas-area city of Arlington on Nov. 24, damaging several apartment complexes and other buildings, displacing 75 families and causing minor injuries to three people, officials said. The Arlington Fire Department said …