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N.Y. Announces $700K Funding for Task Force to Combat Worker Exploitation
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Oct. 14 new measures to support a statewide task force to combat worker exploitation. The measures include a new $700,000 funding to coordinate outreach and education with workers and employers, as well as …
Central Texas Wildfire Grows to 375 Acres; Homes Threatened
A Central Texas wildfire has grown to about 375 acres as voluntary evacuations continue near Smithville with no reports of anyone hurt. The Texas A&M Forest Service says the blaze in Bastrop County was 50 percent contained on Oct. 14. …
Unlike Uber, On-Demand Office Service Cleans Up with Employees
It’s scorching on the streets of Midtown Manhattan as Afonso Oliveira strides around the lunch-break crowds, unbent beneath his 45-pound, $350 industrial backpack. He is carrying everything that might be needed to tighten a leaking faucet at a digital marketing agency …
Lockton Names VanOpdorp as Chief Analytics Officer; Adds Moitoso as SVP Analytics
Missouri-based global insurance broker Lockton has named Justin VanOpdorp as its first chief analytics officer. As chief analytics officer, he will have global responsibility for business intelligence and analytics that help Lockton clients improve their businesses. VanOpdorp has led the …
Drug Deaths Outnumbered Highway Fatalities in Virginia for 1st Time Last Year
Deaths from heroin and opioid use outnumbered highway fatalities in Virginia for the first time last year, officials said. Records show that 728 Virginians died from drug overdoses in 2014, while 700 people died on the state’s roads. The increase …
Residents Evacuate as Wildfire Burns in Northwestern Louisiana
Authorities say a series of wildfires have burned more than two square miles in northwestern Louisiana and threatened homes. Louisiana State Police said in a statement that the fires started Tuesday afternoon in Bienville Parish. KTBS-TV reports dozens of residents …
People’s United Insurance Agency Acquires Kesten-Brown in Connecticut
People’s United Bank N.A., a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based regional bank with nearly 400 retail locations in six states, announced that its subsidiary, People’s United Insurance Agency, has acquired Kesten-Brown Insurance, a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based insurance brokerage. People’s United Bank said the acquisition …
Attorneys: N.Y. Woman’s Lawsuit Against Nephew Was an Insurance Case
A New York woman who sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 over injuries she received when he exuberantly greeted her at his birthday party four years ago was forced to go to court over her medical bills, her lawyers said …
EPIC Ads Slater as Principal and Producer in Central California
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named DeAnna Slater a principal and property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the firm’s Fresno, Calif. office. She will report Terri Parreira, managing principal. She will be responsible for new business production, the development and management of risk management and …
Oklahoma Oil Company Disputing Required Reduction in Disposal Well Volumes
A Tulsa oil company has agreed to a technical meeting with Oklahoma regulators after challenging their response to earthquakes and saltwater disposal wells. The Oklahoman reports Marjo Operating Co. Inc. and staff for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission agreed during a …