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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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Insurer USAA, which serves military veterans and their families, has purchased a new, larger office space in Chesapeake, Virginia to accommodate its expanding membership and workforce. Through the expansion, USAA said it expects to add 500 new jobs to the …
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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Beazley and QBE Insurance. A summary of these executive hires follows here. Beazley, headquartered in London, appointed Stefan Wunderlich as head of parametric insurance. Reporting to Richard Montminy, group head of …
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Oklahoma lawmakers this legislative session passed a bill limiting post-loss assignment of benefits for property damage under auto, residential or commercial property insurance policies. House Bill 1084 prohibits the solicitation or acceptance of an assignment of any post-loss insurance benefit …
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A group of 11 states led by California on Thursday filed suit challenging a repeal by Congress of the state’s 2035 electric vehicle rules and heavy duty truck requirements. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed three resolutions approved by …
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When Bernard Weisse first noticed a tiny crack in the outer wall of his house on the outskirts of Paris, he dismissed it as little more than a nuisance. But in the four years since, a spiderweb of fissures has …
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Relatives of seven people who drowned in waters off a Georgia island after a ferry dock walkway collapsed announced Wednesday they filed a lawsuit against the companies that designed and built it. Dozens of people were standing on the metal …
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JetZero Inc. announced plans Thursday to build its first manufacturing plant for a next-generation passenger jet in central North Carolina, a project that if successful would create more than 14,500 jobs there in a decade. The California-based startup intends to …
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Merchant shipping is continuing to pass through the Strait of Hormuz despite Israel’s large-scale attacks on Iran on Friday, the multinational, U.S.-led Combined Maritime Force said, although some shipowners were looking to avoid the region. Iran has in the past …
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A culture of risk aversion and mission creep among UK financial regulators is undermining trust and placing costly burdens on banks and insurers, an influential group of parliamentarians found. The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee said officials need …
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As Air India Flight AI171 descended toward its doom on Thursday, Ramesh Vishwaskumar sat in the first row of economy class — headed for one of the most harrowing and luckiest moments of his life. After the Boeing Co. 787 …
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Investigators are combing the wreckage of Air India flight AI171 to determine what caused the Boeing Co. Dreamliner to crash on Thursday, killing all but one of the 242 people aboard and resulting in the deadliest aviation accident in more …
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A jury has awarded more than $500,000 to five men from Guatemala who said they were exploited and underpaid by a labor contractor that brought them to Michigan to plant and harvest fruit and vegetables. Much of the verdict last …
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Huntington Insurance Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, named Zack Feller as employee benefits senior managing director. Feller joins Huntington from Keystone, where he most recently served as president of employee benefits. Over his tenure at Keystone, he held multiple leadership …
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday approved hundreds of millions of dollars of financial aid to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to remain in the state and help the St. Louis area recover …
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Big ‘I’ Names Connors ACT Executive Director The Big “I” appointed Kasey Connors as executive director of the Big “I” Agents Council for Technology (ACT). Connors is a seasoned executive with over 15 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and …
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A report from a climate activist group says State Farm’s rate increases, if approved, would cost the average California homeowner more than $1,000. State Farm upped its rate request in May, a week after getting the OK for a large …
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