Courier to pay $575,000 for misclassifying drivers under FLSA
The Department of Labor said Friday that a courier service will pay $575,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 62 drivers under a consent order for allegedly misclassifying drivers as independent contractors and denying them their rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Specialty Underwriting offers cover focused on real estate
Specialty Underwriting Insurance Solutions, an excess casualty managing general agent, said Friday it is introducing coverage targeted at real estate owners and real estate investment trusts with large apartment unit portfolios.
EEOC sues emergency transport companies over beard policy
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday it has filed suit against emergency transport companies for discriminating and retaliating against applicants and employee first responders who wear beards.
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Military contractor must prove worker was employee to avoid suit
An appeals court in Texas on Wednesday ruled that a military contractor must prove a worker was an employee to avoid a substantial jury award over negligence stemming from a workplace accident in 2016.
Barclays hit with $361M US penalty for staggering blunder
British lender Barclays agreed a $361 million penalty with U.S. regulators on Thursday for staggering failures that led it to oversell $17.7 billion of structured products, racking up further costs for an error that has blighted CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnans first year in charge.
Cat modeler estimates Hurricane Ian losses could hit $47 billion
Insurers are bracing for a hit of between $28 billion and $47 billion from Hurricane Ian, in what could be the costliest Florida storm since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, according to U.S. property data and analytics company CoreLogic Inc.
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Ian to firm up property rates; insurers positioned to absorb losses: S&P
Hurricane Ian is likely to be a significant loss event for the U.S. property/casualty and global reinsurance sectors and is expected to accelerate the firming of property rates in 2023, Standard & Poors Global Ratings said in a note Friday.
Karen Clark pegs Hurricane Ian losses at $63 billion
Boston-based catastrophe modeler Karen Clark & Co. said Friday insured losses from Hurricane Ian in the U.S. and the Caribbean will be close to $63 billion.
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Western Australia issues emergency warning for wildfire
Authorities in the state of Western Australia have issued an emergency warning for a wildfire that is burning out of control in parts of East Rockingham in Perth.