High Winds in Southern California Drive Two Blazes
A wildfire sparked in California’s upscale Malibu beach community on Wednesday was driven by powerful winds sweeping apart the state’s southern region. The Broad Fire in Los Angeles County, which had shut down Pacific Coast Highway between Web Way and …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 10:27 PM |
Illinois Contractor Cited for Exposing Workers to Fall Hazards
Federal inspectors have cited 595 Construction LLC – a Crystal Lake, Illinois contractor with a history of exposing employees to fall hazards – for eight safety violations after finding employees framing a residential structure without required protections three times at …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 5:04 PM |
Texas Medical Supplier to Pay $448K in Back Wages for Racial Hiring Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into an agreement with McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc., one of the nation’s largest distributors of medical supplies, to resolve alleged systemic hiring discrimination against nearly 900 Black, Hispanic …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 5:00 PM |
Automotive Control Company to Pay $80K Over Sex Discrimination
An automotive quality control company with locations in Michigan, Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee and South Carolina, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced. …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 4:57 PM |
Fairgoers Join Lawsuit Against State Fair of Texas and Dallas Over Firearms Ban
Three fairgoers have joined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in suing the State Fair of Texas and the city of Dallas over the fair’s policy banning all firearms from its properties. Monday’s filing is the latest maneuver from Paxton in …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 4:52 PM |
Navarro Wins Delaware Insurance Commissioner Reelection
Trinidad Navarro will retain his role as Delaware insurance commissioner. Navarro, the state’s Democratic incumbent, defeated Republican nominee Ralph Taylor in Tuesday’s election. More than 95% of the vote was in at press time, and Navarro carried 58% of the …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 4:22 PM |
Florida’s Citizens Suspends Binding on Policies as Another Storm Churns in the Gulf
Florida’s state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the largest insurer in the state, has suspended binding on policies, statewide, as yet another hurricane approaches from the Carribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. As of Monday, Nov. 4, “Agents may not bind …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 3:49 PM |
Mississippi Worker Killed When Hot Asphalt Falls from Dump Truck
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi’s capital said a man died Monday when he was trying to repair a dump truck and asphalt poured onto him. Darrell Sheriff, 41, was underneath the truck working on a hydraulic line when …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 3:13 PM |
Legal Weed Ballot Measure Falls Short of Supermajority Vote Needed in Florida
A constitutional amendment that would have legalized recreational marijuana in Florida won a majority of votes Tuesday but fell short of the required 60% needed to pass. The vote snuffs out what was expected to be a rush to set …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 2:30 PM |
Markets/Coverages: Chaucer Offers Nuclear Power Stations Insurance for Cyberattacks
Chaucer has launched a new nuclear insurance policy that provides nuclear power plants (NPP) with insurance cover for cyberattacks. Called CyNuC, the malicious act cyber insurance policy was developed specifically by Chaucer’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1176 in conjunction with the insurer’s …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 2:12 PM |