A police captain on the Hawaii island of Kauai has filed a lawsuit alleging his police chief discriminated against him for being Japanese American, including an episode when the chief squinted his eyes, bowed repeatedly and said he couldn’t trust …
Photos show what appears to be a miles-long oil slick near an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida, according to aerial survey imagery released Sept. 1 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and reviewed by …
An automotive steel manufacturer in Ohio faces more than $222,000 in proposed penalties for continuing to expose workers to amputations, other hazards at its Canton facility, federal workplace safety officials say. OSHA placed Republic Steel in its Severe Violator Enforcement …
Federal employment officials charged a dairy processor for allegedly firing an employee rather than accommodate her disability at a Michigan facility. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) cited Agropur Inc., a diary processor and U.S. subsidiary of Canadian-based Agropur …
Conservation-minded corn farmers who “split apply” nitrogen will soon have another option for insurance coverage, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says. Beginning in crop year 2022, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) will offer the Post Application Coverage Endorsement (PACE) …
inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they weren’t told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually an anti-parasite drug that federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the coronavirus. Three inmates at …
Florida workers’ compensation rates are set to decline again as the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has proposed a statewide rate decrease of 4.9% in the voluntary market. The rates would take effect Jan. 1, 2022 if approved by …
AXA XL’s Coletti Joins Swiss Re as Head of New Central Cyber Underwriting Team Swiss Re announced plans to create a central cyber underwriting team, which will be led by John Coletti as head of Global Cyber. Maya Bundt, the …
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to startup Next Insurance US Co., headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The outlook assigned to these ratings is stable. The …
An accidental gas leak led to last week’s explosion at a Chandler strip mall print shop that left four men with serious burns, federal authorities said. Gabriel Pinon, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, …