Health officials are warning consumers in Illinois that they may have bought beef tainted with E. coli bacteria that was produced at a Nebraska plant last month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said the affected …
Former licensed insurance agent Laura Lopez, 37, of Long Beach, Calif., was arraigned on one felony count of grand theft after allegedly collecting over $97,000 in insurance premiums from clients and pocketing the premiums. After receiving a complaint in February …
2020 wasn’t the bottom of the barrel in all regards – depending on how you look at it. The planet’s average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record. An analysis by NASA’s Godard Institute …
Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips for …
Vale SA reached a settlement agreement with Brazilian authorities for a dam collapse that killed 270 people and led to production cutbacks that stripped the company of the title of world’s biggest iron ore producer. The deal comes two years …
A southwest Georgia man faces charges after a death last year a racetrack he operated. Insurance Commissioner John F. King said Thursday that 58-year-old Dan Cobb of Cairo was arrested earlier this month following an Oct. 10, 2020, death at …
A new group in Charleston is committed to lowering the area’s carbon footprint, and they’ve notched a recent success on James Island. The Charleston Climate Coalition, an all-volunteer group, was a driving force behind a resolution in the small town …
Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse will vote next week on whether to unionize in one of the most visible labor-organizing pushes at the online retailing giant. Employees at the Bessemer facility are seeking to form a union to represent …
A Georgia state House member says drivers should not be able to avoid penalties by telling judges they have purchased hands-free devices for their cellphones. Republican Rep. John Carson of Marietta that the current provisions, intended to let people out …
The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has appointed Donald Ashwood as captive coordinator, a position in which he will coordinate increased activity with captive insurers in Oklahoma. Ashwood joined the OID in 2014 and most recently served as financial operations officer. …