The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers hired Connor Dann as vice president, producer. Dann is based in Liberty’s Woodland Hills, California, office. In his new role, Connor focuses on expanding Liberty’s presence in key markets, particularly within the construction and real …
People Moves: Dann Joins The Liberty Company in California as Vice President Read More »
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $824,276 in back wages and damages for 680 employees of a Las Vegas drywall contractor, which reported denied overtime pay to piece-rate and hourly workers. The department’s Wage and Hour Division investigated Spectrum Construction …
Las Vegas Drywall Contractor Must Pay $824K in Wages, Damages Read More »
A federal appeals court won’t reconsider its ruling upholding a $5 million civil judgment against President Donald Trump in a civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a writer in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. In an 8-2 vote …
Trump Denied Reconsideration of $5M Judgment in E. Jean Carroll Sex Abuse Case Read More »
Connecticut lawmakers have passed a measure to shift the cost of auto insurance arbitration hearings between claimants and insurers over damage claims to the insurance industry. Currently the department of insurance absorbs the average $3,075 cost to hold each of …
Connecticut Hopes to Curb Auto Claims Arbitration by Shifting Cost to Insurers Read More »
In the days before Javarick Gantt was strangled to death in jail, he was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Gantt, …
Lawsuit Filed Over Jailhouse Killing of Deaf Man in Maryland Read More »
As best as I can recall, the first article I wrote about certificates of insurance (COIs) was in 2002, over two decades ago. For the next four years, I wrote more on that subject than any other property/casualty issue, culminating …
Certificates of Insurance…Or How I Got a Job in the Prison Laundry Read More »
Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Michael Caljouw has rejected an industry proposal to raise workers’ compensation rates by 7.1%. As a result, existing rates, which reflect a 14.6% decrease ordered last July, will remain in effect for policies on and after July …
Massachusetts Denies 7.1% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike After 2024 ‘Excessive’ Cut Read More »
Joint law enforcement operations in Bakersfield, Oakland, and San Bernardino have made 6,727 arrests, recovered 4,842 stolen vehicles and confiscated 313 dangerous firearms, according to an announcement from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office. The ongoing joint law enforcement operations took place …
California Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Lead to 4,800 Stolen Vehicles Recovered Read More »
A former Westminster, California, police officer and her stepfather were charged in a large-scale workers’ compensation fraud case after an investigation revealed the officer collected more than $600,000 in disability payments while reportedly engaging in physically strenuous activities. Nicole Brown, …
D.A. Says Former California Police Officer on Workers’ Comp Went to Festival, Skied Read More »
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined Hillsboro-based Renner Trucking and Excavating Inc. $80,804 for repeatedly violating rules intended to protect workers from trenches caving in. Oregon OSHA issued a citation to the company on May 12 following an …
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