American consumers assume they have the right to sue a company that has sold them a faulty product. In the upside-down world of bankruptcy — including the one General Motors is going through — those rights are not a given. …
Thirteen people from Lawrence and Methuen have been charged with auto insurance fraud in connection with what police say was a staged accident that resulted in more than $76,000 in insurance payouts. Lawrence Chief John Romero tells The Eagle-Tribune that …
An environmental group is suing Xcel Energy, saying the utility isn’t doing all it can to cut mercury emissions from a new coal-fired unit at a Pueblo power plant. WildEarth Guardians says in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that Xcel …
The American Association of Managing General Agents presented two advertising and marketing awards to Abram Interstate Insurance Services, Inc. in Rocklin, California at their 83rd annual meeting. Abram Interstate won first place for their website and second place for their …
A federal agency has opened an investigation into the death of an operator of Walt Disney World’s monorail train in Florida. The investigation launched Monday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration could take as long as six months to …
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline says her state’s one-year old privatized workers’ compensation system is offering better claims administration, lower costs for employers and better treatment of injured workers. In 2005, the state approved the privatization of the …
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is alleging that Kmart subjected a 73-year-old female pharmacist to age harassment and retaliation, and forced her from her job. In a lawsuit filed this week, the agency says a pharmacy manager at the …
Fire crews continued to battle a large blaze at a meatpacking plant in a crowded suburb south of Milwaukee, Wis., on July 6, and authorities warned residents within a mile of the plant to leave the area because of the …
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced that Marion County Superior Court has issued a permanent injunction against Indiana Corporate Compliance, International Corporate Compliance Inc. and Papillon Global Marketing LLC, requiring those companies to stop misrepresenting themselves as a government agency …
Both A.M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have taken a positive outlook for their ratings on PARIS RE and its operating companies, following the announcement that the group would be acquired by PartnerRe. Best said it has …