All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2010 // It is probably fair to say that just about every town has a restaurant or tavern. Thus, pursuing these commercial risks is probably close to a no-brainer. Before you take that first step, however, be aware that these risks...
Apr 20 2010 // Insential Inc. has joined with Vela Insurance Services, LLC to offer an exclusive liquor program for bars, night clubs, restaurants and special events to be written on Gemini Insurance Co. paper. The program will provide a...
Mar 22 2010 // John Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer.During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and...
Mar 5 2010 // John Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer.During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and...
Mar 2 2010 // Restaurant workers accounted for 6.1 percent of all California job injury claims, but only 4.1 percent of the state’s workers’ compensation benefit payments from 2000 to 2008, the California Workers’...
Feb 23 2010 // The City and Suburban Lifestyles Restaurant Insurance Market unveiled a new policy in New York that will target fine dining establishments, commonly referred to as “white tablecloth” restaurants, upscale...
Jan 19 2010 // Oklahoma-based Unisource Program Administrators (UPA) has launched a new workers’ compensation specialty program for restaurants. The restaurant specialty program aimed at offering competitive rates to multi-unit...
Jan 7 2010 // A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that requires someone planning to sue a bar over liability in a drunken driving crash to notify the bar within 180 days of the crash.The Supreme Court issued...
Nov 24 2009 // Momentous Insurance Brokerage of Van Nuys, Calif., has launched a restaurant insurance specialty practice. Some of the risk management services offered include contract review, loss control and inspection, in-house claims...
Oct 2 2009 // Attorneys for 14 people sickened by an August 2008 outbreak of E. coli have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $3 million from the operators of a Locust Grove restaurant where the bacteria originated.The complaint was filed...
Sep 29 2009 // PGI Commercial, headquartered in New Jersey, has introduced a hospitality insurance program in Illinois on an admitted basis.Coverage is provided by member companies of American Safety Insurance Group, which carry an...
Sep 22 2009 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has ordered a Des Moines-based, former insurance agent to immediately stop selling what are apparently fake insurance policies.Brenda L. MacLaren-Beattie and The...
Sep 11 2009 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced strong return results for its Liberty Northwest/Oregon Restaurant Association (LNW/ORA) workers’ compensation insurance program. The...
Sep 2 2009 // One in 10 binge drinkers got behind the wheel the last time they drank heavily. And half of those drivers left from a bar, restaurant or nightclub after downing five or more drinks, a new study has found.The study is being...
Jun 30 2009 // The Liberty Northwest Board of Directors recently declared the ninth consecutive dividend earned for restaurants participating in the Oregon Restaurant Association (ORA) Safety Group Dividend Property & Liability...
May 18 2009 // Being attacked by one or several restaurant employees is unexpected and somewhat disturbing. But it happened so quickly I could not react quickly enough to avoid being victimized.The Setup My wife arranged a surprise...
Apr 6 2009 // The pitfalls of not placing special-event coverage, when it’s truly needed and available, can result in catastrophic losses to your insured, and possibly even damage the credibility of your agency and errors and...
Mar 23 2009 // Utah bar owners will soon have to increase their liability coverage, as getting into a bar is becoming easier. The state’s legislative leaders and Gov. Jon Huntsman agreed to eliminate the state’s...
Mar 11 2009 // Getting into a bar in Utah is about to become a lot easier.Legislative leaders and Gov. Jon Huntsman agreed to eliminate the state’s much-criticized private club system. Utah is the only state in the country that...
Mar 6 2009 // Utah bars and restaurants could soon get in trouble for serving someone who isn’t legally intoxicated, but shows signs of being drunk.A Utah House committee unanimously approved a bill that’s intended to make...