31 08, 2022

Hartford Insurance Loses Appeal of Loss of Consortium Claim It Labeled a ‘Ploy’

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Hartford Insurance Group has lost an appeal of a $1.45 million injury settlement between an injured employee and third parties where 60% was for loss of consortium for the wife of the injured worker. Hartford maintained that the consortium allocation …

31 08, 2022

Comp Insurers Object to Florida Hospital Payments Set at 2X U.S. Average

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The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation appears to be intent on pushing the ball across the goal line on a long-awaited revision to hospital reimbursement rules, despite concern from insurers that some rates are still out of bounds. “My goal …

31 08, 2022

Musk Looks to Delay Twitter Trial Following Whistleblower Claims

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Elon Musk is seeking to delay until November a trial over his intention to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter Inc TWTR.N and amend his complaint against the social media company, according to court filings, after …

31 08, 2022

FTC Accuses Data Broker of Selling Sensitive Location Data

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Federal regulators have sued a data broker they accuse of selling sensitive geolocation data from millions of mobile devices, information that can be used to identify people and track their movements to and from sensitive locations, including reproductive health clinics, …

31 08, 2022

People Moves: Powers Adds 3 Members; Gardner Joins KAIA

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Powers Insurance & Risk Management Hires Three New Team Members Powers Insurance & Risk Management, one of the largest family-owned and operated independent insurance agencies in the St. Louis, Missouri, area, recently hired three new team members. Maggie Stringer, commercial …

30 08, 2022

Worker Fatality at New Hampshire Wastewater Treatment Plant Under Investigation

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An electric company employee working on a backup generator project at Keene, New Hampshire’s wastewater treatment plant suffered an injury and died, city officials said. The Hamblet Electric employee was fatally injured on Wednesday morning. Other employees used a defibrillator …

30 08, 2022

Reuters: Attacks on Gasfield in Northern Iraq Drive Out U.S. Contractors

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A series of rocket attacks on a gasfield in northern Iraq has sent the U.S. contractors working on its expansion packing, dealing a blow to the Kurdish region’s hopes of boosting its revenues and offering a small alternative to Russian …

30 08, 2022

OSHA Approves Massachusetts Public Sector Safety Plan

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently granted Massachusetts initial approval for a state-run safety and health plan for state and local government workers. The Massachusetts plan covers an estimated 430,000 state and local government …

30 08, 2022

Hurricane Alley Hasn’t Been This Quiet in a Quarter Century

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The Atlantic crucible of hurricanes hasn’t had a storm all month and if the calm holds it will stand as the quietest August in 25 years. The expanse of ocean between Africa and the Caribbean Sea has only had two …

30 08, 2022

Vehicle Pedestrian Safety Systems Struggle to See in the Dark: IIHS

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Many of the automatic braking systems automakers are using to prevent vehicles from hitting pedestrians do not work well in the dark, according to test results released Tuesday by the U.S. non-profitgroup Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The group, backed …