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Insurer Says Exclusion Bars Payment in Nebraska Pastor’s Death

Oct 3 2011 // An insurance company specializing in policies for churches is asking a federal court to absolve it from paying a claim by the widow of a central Nebraska pastor who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a house owned by the...

Insurer Says Exclusion Bars Payment in Nebraska Pastor’s Death

Sep 21 2011 // An insurance company specializing in policies for churches is asking a federal court to absolve it from paying a claim by the widow of a central Nebraska pastor who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a house owned by the...

Ex-NBA Player Loses Discrimination Claim Against Georgia Bar

Sep 19 2011 // A federal jury on Friday found that an upscale Atlanta restaurant did not violate the civil rights of an ex-NBA All Star and a friend who claimed they were expelled from the bar because they were black.A panel of nine...

NFL’s Edwards Claims Slander by Michigan Restaurant Cost Him Contract

Sep 16 2011 // San Francisco 49ers receiver Braylon Edwards has filed a $14 million slander lawsuit, claiming allegations that he was directly involved in a fight at a suburban Detroit restaurant cost him a big guaranteed contract from...

California Self-Insured Restaurant Group Wins Fraud Conviction

Sep 8 2011 // The California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corp. (CRMBC) is holding up a new conviction as success story in its ‘intensified campaign’ against workers’ compensation fraud.Jeanette Gallo pleaded no contest...

Ohio Cycle Bar Puts Party on the Road; $2M Insurance Policy Helps

Sep 6 2011 // As the peculiar yellow vehicle moved into the Short North neighborhood north of downtown Columbus, Ohio, bewildered pedestrians stopped in their tracks, fumbling for their cellphone cameras.Drivers honked car horns and...

KEMI to Offer Preferred Program to the Kentucky Restaurant Association

Sep 2 2011 // Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) and the Kentucky Restaurant Association (KRA) have launched a new workers’ compensation program. KEMI is partnering with KRA to make workers’ comp benefits...

Virginia ‘Guns in Bars’ Study Finds Little Effect on Crime

Aug 16 2011 // The number of gun crimes at Virginia bars and restaurants declined slightly during the first year of a new state law that allows people with permits to carry concealed firearms into establishments that serve alcohol, a...

Illinois Bars Workers’ Compensation for State Employees Involved in Crimes

Aug 11 2011 // A new law inspired by a former Illinois State Police trooper’s high-speed freeway wreck that killed two sisters bars state employees injured while committing crimes from getting workers’ compensation.The...

Mass. Court Nixes Claim Over Obsolete Fire Protection

Aug 1 2011 // A Massachusetts restaurant owner who failed to upgrade his obsolete fire suppression system was not entitled to collect insurance money after a massive fire six years ago – and must return $15,000 advanced to him by...

Massachusetts Judge: Obsolete Fire-Suppression Means No Claims Paid

Jul 20 2011 // A Massachusetts restaurant owner who failed to upgrade his obsolete fire suppression system was not entitled to collect insurance money after a massive fire six years ago — and must return $15,000 advanced to him by his...

Mobile Food Vendor Market Explodes as Insurance Market Evolves

Jun 21 2011 // In just about every metropolitan area nationwide hungry customers can appease their appetites by visiting the neighborhood taco truck. The traditional taco truck sells more than just tacos these days – a lot more....

Mobile Food Vendor Market Explodes as Insurance Market Evolves

Jun 6 2011 // In just about every metropolitan area nationwide hungry customers can appease their appetites by visiting the neighborhood taco truck. The traditional taco truck sells more than just tacos these days – a lot more....

New York Court Reinstates Restaurant Worker’s Product Liability Suit

May 13 2011 // New York’s top court this week reinstated a Manhattan restaurant worker’s product liability lawsuit over a lye-crystal drain cleaner, concluding that the companies behind it have to do more than simply state...

E&O Insights: Exposures to Watch for When Insuring the Local Neighborhood Tavern Risk

May 2 2011 // While many towns might not have a hardware store or a dry cleaner, chances are there is a neighborhood tavern. It is estimated there are more than 50,000 bars in the United States. In fact, many of these taverns have been...

Michigan Couple Sues Applebee’s for Giving Infant Booze

Apr 15 2011 // The Applebee’s restaurant chain publicly apologized Wednesday after a 15-month-old boy was served alcohol mislabeled as apple juice when his family dined at one of its Detroit-area restaurants, but it questioned...

Agency Management by TV Reality Shows

Mar 7 2011 // Reality shows have taken over television. Every network has at least a few each week. They range from absurd spin-offs of Japanese game shows to personal challenges/competition to a day-in-the-life of somebody in New...

Why Restaurants’ Insurance Menu Should Include Cyber Risk Coverage

Mar 7 2011 // Many businesses have not updated their insurance to keep pace with today’s world of cyber liability. Restaurants are no exception. Today restaurants use the Internet. A restaurant will likely have its own Web site, a...

Restaurants Rebound: Insurance Market Heats Up

Mar 7 2011 // It is no secret that the restaurant industry has been in a slump. As families have cut back on eating out, restaurants have suffered three straight years of a decline in business: -.2 percent in 2010, -2.8 percent in 2009...

Restaurant Sales Going Up After 3 Tough Years

Mar 7 2011 // Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record $604 billion and post positive growth in 2011 after a three-year period of negative real sales growth. The 2011 forecast from the National Restaurant Association...