7 09, 2023

Wet Roads, Speed Factored Into Car Crashing Into Texas Denny’s, Police Chief Says

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ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) – A Texas police chief said Tuesday that wet roads and speed factored into the driver of an SUV plowing into a Denny`s restaurant outside Houston on Labor Day, injuring nearly two dozen people inside. No charges …

7 09, 2023

Hooters of Louisiana to Settle $650K Race and Retaliation Lawsuit

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Hooters of Louisiana, LLC and associated companies (“Hooters”) have agreed to pay former African American employees $650,000 to settle a race and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. According to the EEOC’s …

7 09, 2023

People Moves: Envoca Names Mabe to Board of Directors; JM Wilson Promotes Bolhuis to Assistant Property & Casualty Manager

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JM Wilson Promotes Bolhuis to Assistant Property & Casualty Manager JM Wilson has promoted Kristin Bolhuis to assistant property & casualty manager in their Portage, Michigan office. Bolhuis’ responsibilities include assisting the director of property & casualty with the day-to-day …

8 09, 2023

Connecticut Farm Worker Paralyzed After Being Attacked by Bull

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A 59-year-old Connecticut man was seriously injured after being attacked by a bull at the farm where he was working. Family members told Hearst Connecticut Media that the bull attacked Randy Janquins on Friday at a farm in Harwinton, Connecticut, …

8 09, 2023

FEMA Disaster Aid Now Available in Maine for June Flooding

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The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Maine to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding on June 26, 2023. According to …

8 09, 2023

Allstate Wins Trade Secret Tiff With Former Agents

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Allstate Insurance has emerged victorious in litigation against two of its former exclusive agents who used and refused to return Allstate spreadsheets with policyholder information after the insurer terminated their agency contracts. Allstate pursued and won claims against the agents …

8 09, 2023

Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop 11th-Straight Year

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Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage, according to an update from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The decline marks 11 years of average decreases in the pure premium rate – the base …

8 09, 2023

Judge’s Ruling That Trump Defamed Writer Sets Up Second Trial on Damages

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Four months after a jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous. The decision means that an upcoming …

8 09, 2023

Maui Wildfires Portend Unprecedented Shift in What It Means to Mitigate Risk

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The Maui wildfires portend a grand and incalculable reality for every single one of us living on this spinning blue globe we call Earth. Understanding the risks associated with where we live, work and play may be reaching a tipping …

8 09, 2023

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Reps & Warranties in a Changing Cannabis Market

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Go back just a few years to 2019-2020, when cannabis stocks started to really hit the market in the United States and Canada. Everyone was jumping in. It was the green rush, but in retrospect, a few of those public …