Amtrak service in parts of the Northeast was disrupted or delayed Tuesday after a fire broke out near a train route in New York City. Amtrak said initial reports indicated a brush fire stemming from a transformer at an Amtrak …
Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of R.K. Gore & Associates in Lehi, Utah. Robert Gore, owner, and the R.K. Gore & Associates team will join Hub Southern California and Utah. R.K. Gore & Associates will be referred to as …
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $942,604 settlement in a case involving a wholesale bakery in Vista that closed its doors without paying 187 workers. Baked in the Sun shut down without paying its employees, resulting in workers not …
Jeremy Braud joined Aspire General Insurance as vice president of casualty claims. Braud has more than 20 years of industry experience, most recently as regional claims manager at National General. Previous roles include unit manager at AIG Personal Lines Claims …
A bicyclist pulling a trailer in Vermont died after he was struck by a police cruiser, state police said. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 7 in South Burlington. The officer, a sergeant with the …
Fewer workers are dying from hazards where the federal safety resources have been focused, according to a new report. Preliminary agency data show a decrease in fatalities the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is mandated to …
Executive summary: When actual prices line up with technical prices, insurers expect underwriting profits to emerge. But what if underwriters find ways to adjust technical prices downwards? In the second part of a two-part series, Tony Buckle and John Carolin, …
The family of a security guard who was shot and killed at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, sued the facility for $35 million on Tuesday, accusing it of negligence and failing to respond to the dangers that the gunman posed …
TCW Group Inc. was sued by former group managing director Jess Ravich, who claims the asset manager made up grounds to fire him following a sexual harassment accusation in order to deny him tens of millions of dollars. The lawsuit …
As with computer models that help predict risk from hurricane winds, insurers now have more than one model to use when gauging flood damage in storm-soaked Florida. The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology this month accepted three flood …