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Innovative Coverage Concepts Partners With Chubb on Restaurant Program

Mar 17 2017 // Innovative Coverage Concepts (ICC) has launched a new program for fine dining and upscale casual establishments. ICC’s carrier partner for the program is Chubb, which according to Dean Carras, president of ICC,...

South Carolina Man Accused of Torching Business for $700K Insurance Payout

Mar 2 2017 // Authorities say the owner of a restaurant in Sumter County, S.C., burned down his business on purpose and collected nearly $700,000 in insurance money.Sumter County deputies told media outlets that 57-year-old Ronald...

Landmark Restaurant in Washington Suffers $1M in Fire Damages

Feb 21 2017 // A fire at a Marysville, Wash. landmark caused about $1 million in damage.The Daily Herald reported that a fire broke out on Sunday at the Village Restaurant. It’s a landmark with a history that dates back to the...

Trump Labor Chief Nominee Puzder Dodges Disability Bias Suit for Now

Feb 13 2017 // Labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, the controversial business leader expected to undergo a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing next week, will be spared an emotionally weighted and concurrent discrimination trial against...

Labor Nominee’s California Company Wins Discrimination Trial Delay

Feb 10 2017 // Labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, the controversial business leader expected to undergo a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing next week, will be spared an emotionally weighted and concurrent discrimination trial against...

Man Convicted of Burning Down His Rhode Island Restaurant to Collect Insurance

Feb 2 2017 // A Massachusetts man has been convicted of burning down a restaurant he owned in Rhode Island.Federal prosecutors say 51-year-old Daniel Saad was attempting to collect on a nearly $1 million insurance policy when he set...

Carbon Monoxide Sickens 30 at North Carolina Restaurant

Dec 14 2016 // More than two dozen people were treated by paramedics after showing symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning at the River Ridge Tap House restaurant in Clemmons, N.C.Forsyth County EMS tells local media that about 30 people...

$3.9M Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Oregon Tavern for Overserving

Dec 12 2016 // An Oregon man has filed a $3.9 million wrongful death lawsuit against a Eugene tavern and one of its customers.Julio Ortiz Ahumada of Springfield says the Keg Tavern served alcohol to a “visibly intoxicated”...

Western New York Restaurant Closed After 60 Illnesses Reported

Dec 1 2016 // Health officials have closed a suburban Rochester restaurant after dozens of people reported getting sick after eating there on Thanksgiving.The Monroe County Health Department says it closed the Golden Ponds Restaurant...

Mississippi Restaurant Building Can be Packed, Moved During Hurricane Threat

Nov 22 2016 // It’s a different concept, a way to build at ground level in a flood zone. And it’s working for a business in Jackson County, Miss.DaBayou Bar & Grill may look thrown together, but there is a lot of planning...

Colorado Ruling Barring Pot Use In Denver Businesses Unwise, Say Opponents

Nov 21 2016 // Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption said the ruling would overturn a law approved by voters and force people to sneak around while...

Arkansas McDonald’s to Pay $103K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit

Nov 16 2016 // A McDonald’s restaurant owned and operated by Mathews Management Co. and Peach Orchard Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., will pay $103,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by...

McDonald’s to Pay $56.5K to Settle Federal Discrimination Case in Missouri

Oct 19 2016 // McDonald’s will pay a $56,500 settlement after a southeast Missouri restaurant manager refused to interview a deaf job applicant.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement with...

Floods from Matthew in Eastern North Carolina Called ‘Worse than Floyd’

Oct 17 2016 // Standing on the banks of the Neuse River this week, watching water creep ever-closer to the bottom of the King Street Bridge, crowds of people continually compared what was happening to what Hurricane Floyd wrought here 17...

Nevada Sports Bar Settles Part of Overtime Suit With $375K Payout

Oct 7 2016 // Bully’s Sports Bar & Grill has agreed to pay $375,000 in back wages to settle part of a class-action lawsuit with 15 cooks who accused the oldest sports bar chain in northern Nevada of denying them overtime pay...

Spotlight: 6 Things to Consider When Insuring Restaurants & Bars

Oct 3 2016 // Kevin O’Connor, president of McGowan Hospitality, is no stranger to insuring the risks associated with restaurants, bars, taverns and nightclubs. He has spent the past 33 years in the sector as a reinsurance broker,...

Ohio Restaurant, Management Firm to Pay $1.4M to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit

Sep 22 2016 // The owner/operator and management company for a Columbus Texas Roadhouse restaurant will pay $1.4 million and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a class sexual harassment suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...

Morale, Predatory Attorneys Keep El Pollo Loco Risk Director Busy

Sep 19 2016 // Maintaining a culture of safety is a company-wide initiative for California- based El Pollo Loco, according to Shaun Jackson, director of risk management for the restaurant chain. While employee morale and predatory...

Worker Dies After Elevator Malfunctions at New Jersey Restaurant

Sep 2 2016 // A worker is dead after police say he was caught in the machinery of a small freight elevator at a New Jersey restaurant.Lakehurst Police Chief Eric Higgins tells the Asbury Park Press 34-year-old Oscar Francisco...

Restaurant Programs of America Taps Enos as VP of Sales in California

Aug 30 2016 // Restaurant Programs of America LLC has named Peter M. Enos vice president of sales in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Enos has for 25 years provided risk management solutions to clients in a variety of specialties...