3 02, 2023

Workers Comp Insurtech Pie Transitions to Full-Stack Carrier

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Small-business workers compensation provider Pie Insurance has completed its transition to a full-stack carrier. Effective Jan. 1, the company said it acquired nationally licensed insurance company The American Insurance Company, while also touting the news that the Pie Insurance Group …

2 02, 2023

California Climate Bills Requiring Broad Disclosures Have National Implications

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A pair of California bills requiring large companies to report emissions from across their supply chains and creating more stringent reporting of climate-related impacts could have implications nationwide. Two Legislators from the Golden State this week introduced Senate Bill 253 …

3 02, 2023

Insurer, Tech Services Firm Settle Claim for Business Lost While Helping Clients Recover From Breach

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A technology and cybersecurity services firm and its insurer have settled a business interruption claim linked to a data breach one month after a federal judge denied the insurer’s bid to have the claim dismissed. The claim involved business losses …

3 02, 2023

Washington Insurance Commissioner Fines Producers, Insurers

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Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in January totaling $11,000 against insurance companies, producers, brokers, and individuals who violated state insurance laws and regulations. Following are the entities fined, and how much they were fined: Unauthorized Insurers DNProtect, Epik …

3 02, 2023

Amazon Fined for Worker Safety Violations in Three States

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US federal workplace safety regulators fined Amazon.com Inc. more than $60,000 for putting warehouse employees at risk for lower back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration discovered the violations last year during inspections of Amazon …

3 02, 2023

Ethics Panel Recommends Georgia Appeals Court Judge Be Removed From Office

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Georgia’s Supreme Court should permanently remove a state appeals court judge accused of ethical misconduct, a judicial discipline panel recommended in a report released Monday. The three-member state panel said Christian Coomer flouted ethics rules on how a lawyer should …

3 02, 2023

Texas Winter Storm Cancels Flights, Keeps Thousands Without Power

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A mess of ice, sleet and snow lingered across much of the southern U.S. on Thursday as thousands in Texas endured freezing temperatures with no power, including many in the state capital of Austin, but a …

3 02, 2023

Illinois Supreme Ct.: 5-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Biometric Privacy Claims

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Plaintiffs have five years to file claims to allege violations of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting arguments by business advocates that a one-year statute of limitations should apply. In a 5-0 decision, the …

3 02, 2023

FedEx Loses Bid to Undo $366M Racial Bias Verdict, Files Appeal

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A U.S. judge rejected FedEx Corp’s request to throw out or reduce a jury’s $366 million damages award to a Black former employee who said the package delivery company fired her after she complained about racial discrimination. FedEx appealed the …

3 02, 2023

Police Settle La. Suit Over 2020 Beating of Black Man

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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) – A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a Black man who said police officers in a Louisiana city threw him to the ground, slammed his face into the sidewalk and detained him in …