The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls LLC with 14 serious violations for exposing workers to multiple safety and health hazards at the company’s facility in Plaquemine, La. Proposed penalties …
The Insurance Brokers and Agents of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena, Calif., announced they have establishedthe Ken Anderson Memorial Endowment at Glendale Community College to benefit the insurance certificate program and it’s students. Local Association President Holly Heurkins and Treasurer Rick …
A victim of a violent crime at work in North Dakota could be eligible for up to $15,000 in workers’ compensation benefits for mental stress. The North Dakota Senate’s Industry, Business and Labor Committee is considering the proposal. Normally the …
The Ohio Department of Insurance announced that its fifth annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report shows a total of 3,344 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2009. Claims that generated an indemnity payment, which is the amount …
Delaware Highway Safety officials say the state saw a 14 percent drop in traffic deaths in 2010. A preliminary count announced this week shows 101 people were killed on Delaware roads last year, the lowest number of such deaths since …
Air bags and shoulder-lap seatbelts have been saving lives in automobile crashes for decades. Now federal safety officials are asking whether it’s time aviation caught up. The National Transportation Safety Board is considering whether some planes should be equipped with …
Officials say a construction worker was killed and three others were seriously injured while they were erecting a cinderblock wall in Queens. A fire department spokesman says the accident occurred on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst. Emergency crews arrived on the …
A New Jersey woman who claimed the stress of her work as a hospital security guard left her with a psychiatric disablity cannot collect workers’ compensation benefits, a state judge has ruled. The case centered on the allegation by the …
The administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill claims fund has promised fairness and speed in compensating victims, but angry fishermen and business owners are complaining that they’re still not getting what they deserve. Attorney Kenneth Feinberg met Monday with …
Republican Gov.-elect Bill Haslam has named insurance regulatory attorney Julie McPeak to oversee the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. McPeak has more than 12 years of legal and administrative experience in state government, recently serving as executive director of …