Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health risks of products made with forever chemicals The lawsuit alleges the companies for decades manufactured, marketed, and sold an array … Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing 98

Insurance Journal

JULY 26, 2024

A manufacturing flaw led to a turbine blade failure at the Vineyard Wind offshore project off the coast of Massachusetts this month, the part’s producer, GE Vernova, said on Wednesday. The turbine blade broke on July 13 and left potentially …

Manufacturing 111

Manufacturing 111

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Owners of mobile and manufactured homes in Maryland’s coastal communities and their insurance agents are having difficulty finding insurance coverage as carriers pull away from the market. The problem is squeezing owners who want to sell their mobile or manufactured …

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing Insurance 105

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Federal Cartridge is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of sporting ammunition. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Federal Cartridge Co. in Anoka, Minnesota, for alleged Clean Air Act violations. EPA estimates the settlement will reduce air …

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 19, 2024

While one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of commercial flooring and surfaces — including recycled rubber products used throughout the nation in playgrounds, fitness centers and sports fields — touts its products’ safety and environmental benefits, a U.S. Department of …

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company specializing in comprehensive energy storage solutions and battery manufacturing, violated federal law by using an unlawful company policy to deny a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, and then terminated … Navitas Systems, LLC.,

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Royal Bank of Canada’s former chief financial officer, fired over allegations she had an undisclosed personal relationship with another executive, said the bank was trying to “manufacture” a reason to get rid of her, as both sides double down in …

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2024

A Hubbard, Ohio industrial manufacturer failed to protect their employees from molten metal that was heated to more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, the U.S. Department of Labor determined after its investigation into how a 30-year-old employee suffered fatal injuries. Investigators …

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Department of Labor has cited a Portsmouth, Ohio hardwood floor manufacturer with a long history of federal safety violations after the company reported a 23-year-old worker suffered a partial arm amputation while troubleshooting a rip saw machine at …

Manufacturing 97

Manufacturing 97

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin sued General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar this week, alleging the car manufacturer deceived Arkansans by collecting and selling driver information to third parties, who then sold the data to insurance companies. The lawsuit alleges …

Insurance 103

Insurance Manufacturing 103

Insurance Journal

MARCH 6, 2025

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has recognized Kalyn Siebert with the Lone Star Safety Award for its exemplary commitment to workplace safety. Kalyn Siebert is a leading manufacturer of custom-engineered heavy-haul truck trailers, and employs …

Manufacturing 59

Manufacturing Insurance 59

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Massachusetts attorney general has reached a $600 million settlement with major tobacco manufacturers, resolving some of the state’s complaints over how much the tobacco companies owe it under a 1998 master settlement with the industry. While the manufacturers have …

Manufacturing 64

Manufacturing 64

Insurance Journal

JULY 15, 2024

A Connecticut-based manufacturer has been denied another opportunity to seek $100 million in insurance coverage for business losses it claims it sustained because of the COVID-19 virus. a manufacturer of connectors, antennas, sensors, and high-speed specialty cable – … Amphenol Corp.–

Manufacturing 106

Manufacturing Insurance 106

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 18, 2024

Security leaders should be exercising every available option to upgrade their security posture, and cyber insurance policies could make or break the resiliency for many organizations across nearly all industries — K-12 education, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and more. Just last …

Retail 119

Retail Healthcare Manufacturing Education 119

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Farmers Insurance said on Wednesday it will resume offering coverage for multiple lines of insurance in California to new customers. The lines include condominium, renters, umbrella, landlord, vacant and manufactured home. Many of the reopened coverage offerings had been temporarily …

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing Insurance 105

Insurance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

A fertilizer manufacturer has been fined $394,200 for the death of a worker killed by toxic gasses at a work site. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries fined Two Rivers Terminal LLC for safety violations following the death …

Manufacturing 59

Manufacturing 59

Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired Wade Associates, an independent agency with offices in North Carolina. Wade has specialized in property/casualty insurance for construction, manufacturing, health care and technology sectors, Hub said in … Hub International Ltd.,

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing Construction Insurance Technology 105

Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

They manufacture some of the most coveted and pricey writing instruments in history. Sheaffer manufactured a few limited editions, like the W.A. Sometime in the 1880s, Waterman was trying to sell an insurance policy when his fountain pen’s flux capacitor malfunctioned and sent Waterman to 1958. Like anything from Caran d’Ache.

Manufacturing 256

Manufacturing Insurance 256

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Department of Labor (DOL) has filed suit against a York, Pennsylvania, manufacturing company alleging the company wrongly terminated an employee who raised safety concerns when directed to use a ladder to move stock items when they believed a …

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing 52

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Three insurers that paid more than $1 million in auto and property damage claims to a New York couple and their homeowners association are attempting to recover the payments from the giant car maker and local dealership. The claims stemmed …

Insurance 111

Insurance Manufacturing 111

Insurance Journal

MARCH 11, 2025

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. directed the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to revise safety rules to help eliminate a provision that allows companies to self-affirm that food ingredients are safe. This would increase …

Manufacturing 78

Manufacturing 78

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S. Workers in U.S. Department of Agriculture issued on Friday. The findings highlight health concerns for …

Manufacturing 108

Manufacturing 108

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 4, 2024

AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber-optic cables have been shut down by Hurricane Helene with no reopening date in sight. SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) Sibelco and The Quartz …

Manufacturing 115

Manufacturing Insurance 115

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 7, 2024

gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico judge dismissed on Wednesday much of Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. Mexico border. District Judge Dennis Saylor in Boston …

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 14, 2024

South Korea is urging automakers operating in the country to disclose the manufacturer of batteries used in electric vehicles (EV) as authorities try to calm fears over fires involving EVs, after a recent blaze in an underground parking lot that …

Manufacturing 111

Manufacturing Insurance 111

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2024

AP) A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot and Wayfair. DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) It didn’t …

Manufacturing 111

Manufacturing Insurance 111

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A manufacturer and its workers compensation insurer thought an injured 60-year old service technician employee did not work hard enough to find a suitable replacement job as required to qualify for wage loss benefits. Among other things, he did not …

Manufacturing 80

Manufacturing Insurance 80

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 2, 2025

Their employer, East Penn Manufacturing, had argued … A Pennsylvania battery firm has been found responsible for paying $22.25 million in backpay to workers to cover the actual time they spent changing and showering for their jobs working with hazardous materials.

Manufacturing 111

Manufacturing 111

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 31, 2024

AP) — A chemical manufacturing plant west of New Orleans has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and install equipment to stop the release of a cancer-causing chemical from a storage tank and pipe. RESERVE, La. (AP) The consent agreement …

Manufacturing 111

Manufacturing 111

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 26, 2024

The plant, which makes chemicals used to manufacture tires, lost power during a … Texas chemical producer TPC Group Inc. has restored normal operations at its facility that spewed thick, black smoke into the Houston sky for almost four hours Monday.

Manufacturing 111

Manufacturing 111

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A federal whistleblower investigation has found a Virginia subsidiary of one of the world’s largest building materials manufacturers fired a truck driver in September 2023 illegally after the employee raised safety concerns. The driver expressed concern that the loads and …

Manufacturing 111

Manufacturing 111

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2024

(AP) Toyota plans to build a new paint facility as part of a $922 million investment at its factory complex in Georgetown, Kentucky, making it the second big addition announced this year at the automaker’s largest manufacturing …

Manufacturing 104

Manufacturing Insurance 104

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 27, 2024

Apparel manufacturer Fanatics has refiled its lawsuit against Arizona Cardinals rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., adding his father, former NFL star Marvin Harrison Sr., and fraud allegations in addition to breach of contract. The lawsuit was originally filed in New …

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2024

states over the drug manufacturer’s alleged role in spreading opioid addiction across the United States, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Friday. Indivior reached an $86 million settlement with 16 U.S. James said the settlement in principle concerned …

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing Litigation 105

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 7, 2024

a manufacturer of industrial and food-grade, corn-based alcohols, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it terminated an electrician from its campus in Pekin, Illinois, because of his disability, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged … Alto Ingredients, Inc.,

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Blue Yonder, a provider of supply chain software to manufacturing, logistics, and retail customers said it has been working “around the clock” to address disruptions caused by a ransomware incident. Blue Yonder said it “experienced disruptions to its managed services …

Retail 105

Retail Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The regulator said Becton Dickinson was aware an infusion pump it manufactured … Becton, Dickinson & Co. has agreed to a $175 million fine over Securities and Exchange Commission claims it repeatedly misled investors about one of its most important products.

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105