All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 2 2017 // Restaurants are probably one of the most underinsured classes of business in the industry. Competition, inadequate pricing, and owners refusing to buy needed coverages are some of the reasons cited by specialty brokers in...
Sep 27 2017 // Mexican government officials are still tallying up the economic losses of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that caused widespread damage in the capital, but for the manager of a downtown restaurant it is already all too...
Aug 23 2017 // A fire official says seven people have were sent to the hospital after a suspected gas leak at a West Virginia restaurant.Media outlets report the incident happened Monday at a Buffalo Wild Wings outside the Huntington...
Jul 26 2017 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is retraining kitchen crews on food safety and enforcing a zero-tolerance policy for employees refusing to abide by new rules, after identifying a sick employee as the cause of a Norovirus...
Jul 24 2017 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is facing another class-action lawsuit by a disgruntled shareholder over its alleged inability to keep its restaurants clean, a further hurdle for a company still trying to regain consumer and...
Jul 24 2017 // A new study published in the July issue of the Journal of Urban Economics finds that contrary to popular belief, medical marijuana dispensaries (MMDs) reduce crime in their immediate areas.In the study, “Going to...
Jul 21 2017 // An official says the roof of an Atlanta restaurant collapsed Monday night, injuring six people.Atlanta Fire Department spokesman Cortez Stafford said at a media briefing that about 40 percent of the roof collapsed....
Jul 20 2017 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. said it will reopen a Virginia restaurant on Wednesday, two days after it was closed due to reports that several customers had fallen ill with suspected norovirus.Shares of the restaurant chain...
Jul 18 2017 // Fire investigators are trying to find the cause of a blaze that has destroyed a popular restaurant in New York’s Finger Lakes region. Fire officials in the city of Canandaigua say crews were alerted around 5:30 a.m....
Jul 13 2017 // EverGuard Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Anchor Bay Insurance Managers’ restaurant, bar and tavern program.Anchor Bay is a provider of insurance products to the restaurant, bar and tavern industries in...
Jul 13 2017 // A new study published in the July issue of the Journal of Urban Economics finds that contrary to popular belief, medical marijuana dispensaries (MMDs) reduce crime in their immediate areas.In the study, “Going to...
Jun 30 2017 // RPA Insurance Services, a Parsippany, N.J.-based regional insurance agency, has hired Susan Kruger as the head of claims for Innovative Coverage Concepts (ICC) and Restaurant Programs of America (RPA).Kruger brings more...
Jun 6 2017 // A woman who was driving a car that crashed into a popular Dewey Beach restaurant, igniting a fire that burned the eatery down, has been ordered to pay $241,000 and serve two years of probation. Media outlets report that...
Jun 5 2017 // Chicago-based Rosebud Restaurants has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against some black job applicants. The Chicago Tribune reports that under the settlement Rosebud Restaurants must pay...
May 26 2017 // After 32 years as a member of Hospitality Insurance Group’s Board of Directors, E. Thomas McCabe Jr. of Westborough, Mass., will be stepping down as chairman.Before joining Hospitality Insurance Group, McCabe was a...
May 1 2017 // A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for setting fire to his restaurant to collect nearly $1 million in insurance.The U.S. attorney’s office in Rhode Island says 51-year-old Daniel...
May 1 2017 // Liquor liability claims are on the rise for the bar and nightclub sector. The number of insurance carriers willing to write tough to place establishments has dwindled fast, according to Marc Adler, Managing Director, Burns...
Apr 28 2017 // The emphasis on 24-hour service at Waffle House — hurricane or shine — has earned the company a reputation among professional emergency managers, who make rough estimates of storm damage by looking to the local eatery....
Apr 28 2017 // Innovative Coverage Concepts (ICC) has launched a new commercial umbrella insurance offering that will cover a broad range of restaurant and hospitality risks. The coverage will be available to upscale fine dining and...
Apr 17 2017 // Officials say a 5-year-old boy has died after getting caught in the rotating wall of an Atlanta restaurant.Atlanta Fire Department spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the little boy got...