Monthly Archives: <span>March 2019</span>

U.S. Firms Hired Record Number of Robots in 2018

U.S. companies installed more robots last year than ever before, as cheaper and more flexible machines put them within reach of businesses of all sizes and in more corners of the economy beyond their traditional foothold in car plants. Shipments …

Salon to Pay $40K for Retaliatory Firing of Stylist After Hazards Report

After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent judgment ordering Blown Away Dry Bar and Salon, based in Kennett …

Lyft, Uber Shift Risk to Captive Insurers

Ride-sharing giants Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. seem to have found the same solution for dealing with the risks of managing millions of drivers on the road: Creating their own insurers in Hawaii. On Friday, Lyft told potential investors …

Tornadoes Take Lives, Homes in Alabama

Rescuers searched for victims Monday amid homes smashed to their foundations, shredded metal dangling from trees and dead animals lying in the open after a tornado ripped through a rural Alabama community and killed at least 23 people, including children. …

Families of Texas Church Shooting Victims Sue Gun Retailer

Family members of victims of a Texas church shooting are suing a sporting goods chain that sold the weapons used in the 2017 massacre. The lawsuit filed in state district court in San Antonio alleges Academy Sports & Outdoors illegally …

Aon Weighing Bid to Buy Willis Towers Watson

Aon Plc is considering an offer to buy rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could be the industry’s largest ever merger. Bloomberg reported that Aon is preparing to submit a …

HVAC Consulting’s Strategic Yet Aggressive Growth Continues

Charlotte, N.C., March 5, 2019 – HVAC Consulting announced today it has begun offering services in 15 new states, bringing its overall coverage area total to 29 states and the District of Columbia– the complete list of coverage can be …

Home Insurers in Florida to Try, Try Again for Assignment of Benefits Reform

The push for assignment of benefits (AOB) reform in the 2019 Florida legislative session is in full swing, and the insurance industry and consumer advocates have pulled out all the stops to emphasize their contention that abuse of a policyholder …

Intoxicated Driver Struck 41 Cars, Rhode Island Police Report

Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say was driving under the influence when he struck more than 40 other vehicles. Police say 45-year-old Christopher Paolissi, of Foster, was “zig-zagging” his pickup truck when he struck 41 vehicles in …

30-Foot Sinkhole Swallows Portion of Tennessee Road

A sinkhole 30-feet deep and nearly as broad swallowed half a roadway in Knox County, Tennessee, and a county official says repairing it could cost more than $100,000. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports crews on Wednesday were attempting to plug …