People with losses due to the California wildfires in Fresno, Los Angeles, Madera, Mendocino, Napa, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta, Siskiyou and Sonoma counties have just five days left to register for federal aid. These counties are included in federal …
The man who died in a corn silo at a mill in Columbia County, Wis., was a 52-year-old employee, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies were called to Didion Milling in Cambria on Dec. 8 where an employee was reported missing and …
AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to C+ (Marginal) from B- (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “b-” from “bb-” of Echelon Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (Echelon), based in Chicago. The ratings outlook is negative. …
A federal appeals court has affirmed that Mississippi parents may pursue a lawsuit that says the state allows grave disparities in funding between predominantly Black and predominantly white schools. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 9-8 Monday to …
A dozen doesn’t sound like a lot, but it may be a record in the world of the California Export List. More items were proposed for the list than in recent memory during a California Department of Insurance hearing conducted …
Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc., Burnham Gibson Wealth Advisors, Inc., and Burnham Risk and Insurance Solutions LLC has been acquired by Baldwyn Krystyn Sherman Partners LLC. Burnham will a middle-market indirect subsidiary of BRP Group Inc. (NASDAQ: BRP). …
Oklahoma has asked the state Supreme Court to order Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $9.3 billion to cover the entire anticipated cost of combatting the state’s opioid crisis, arguing in its appeal that a lower court’s award wasn’t …
A St. Louis, Mo.-based construction company that revoked an applicant’s job offer after learning she was pregnant will settle a federal discrimination lawsuit for $38,000. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says The Harlan Company also will furnish other …
Digital small business insurer Next Insurance has closed its first acquisition, buying Juniper Labs, a Denver-based provider of data and underwriting technology. With the acquisition, Next said it will focus on innovation in workers’ compensation and general liability product offerings …
U.S. commercial lines insurers will continue to be tarnished by an A.M. Best negative outlook, thanks to COVID-19 economic uncertainty, social inflation and other challenges. A.M. Best first revised its outlook for the segment to negative from stable in April, …