All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 9 2007 // Two charged in bicoastal restaurant insurance brokerage schemeA Canadian man has been extradited to the U.S. to face trial on charges that he swindled $7 million from the victims of a fraudulent commercial insurance policy...
Apr 9 2007 // A Canadian man has been extradited to the United States to face trial on charges that he swindled $7 million from the victims of a fraudulent commercial insurance policy scheme, Acting New York Insurance Superintendent...
Mar 26 2007 // Restaurant chain Cracker Barrel is suing two of its insurance carriers, claiming they did not reimburse the company after it settled sexual and racial harassment claims for $2 million.The lawsuit filed last week in U.S....
Mar 15 2007 // A former insurance broker/agent has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sale of approximately $6 million worth of fake insurance policies the broker falsely claimed were underwritten by Lloyd’s of London,...
Mar 9 2007 // Investigators with the Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) issued 23 citations in March to businesses in the restaurant industry. A total of 32 restaurants were visited in San Diego and Orange Counties...
Feb 5 2007 // A proposed ban on smoking in all bars, restaurants and work sites across Texas is igniting a big-money fight at the state Capitol.Anti-smoking forces are lining up against the tobacco industry and some restaurant owners,...
Feb 1 2007 // Morristown, N.J.-based PGI Commercial (PGIC), the U.S. program manager of Bermuda-based insurance distributor Primary Group Limited, has added an underwriting team and opened a branch office in Troy, Mich. The unit will...
Jan 25 2007 // A restaurant trade group is insulted by an insurance company’s planned Super Bowl commercial starring Kevin Federline working at a fast-food joint.Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.’s ad shows Federline, the...
Jan 22 2007 // More than 2,000 bills have been filed for the 2007 session of the Oklahoma Legislature, including many measures that sponsors acknowledge do not have a chance of passage.It’s all part of the democratic process,...
Jan 10 2007 // About five months after Chicago restaurants were ordered to stop selling foie gras, the city has yet to levy its first fine.While some pricey restaurants around the city have taken the goose or duck liver delicacy off...
Dec 21 2006 // The head of Taco John’s International offered this week to pay medical bills for customers who got ill from E. coli bacteria at three of the chain’s Mexican restaurants.Some 76 people were sickened after eating...
Nov 16 2006 // Missouri Supreme Court upheld a law Tuesday that allows alcohol liability lawsuits against bars and restaurants but blocks suits against convenience and grocery stores, rejecting a claim that the distinction was...
Nov 9 2006 // Gabor Insurance Services Inc., the Miami based managing general agency, announced a new program, exclusively aimed at small restaurants.Coverage includes property on contents, improvements and betterments and business...
Nov 9 2006 // Union General Insurance Services Inc. is offering an admitted, preferred restaurant program in California, underwritten through Penn-America Insurance Co., rated “A-,” VIII, by A.M. Best. The program is...
Nov 9 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $2,112,299 dividend to the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) purchasing group.Texas law allows employers in similar industries to reduce their workers’ comp premiums by...
Oct 23 2006 // In Pennsylvania, a disabled customer complained of emotional distress when she dined at a restaurant that lacked adequate parking for her wheelchair van and where the restrooms were not fully wheelchair-accessible. The...
Oct 16 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a comprehensive safety seminar in Redding, Calif., on Oct. 18, and a restaurant supervisor safety-training program in Monterey Park, Calif., on Oct. 18.The...
Oct 9 2006 // Employment practices liability claims are on the rise and to date approximately 60 percent of all civil litigation in federal courts is EPL related. The rise in claims activity is a concern for all business owners,...
Oct 9 2006 // As I started to put together this article, I did as so many other people do and did my research on the internet. During my research I found numerous articles that we have all read or seen on the typical liquor liability...
Oct 9 2006 // As I started to put together this article, I did as so many other people do and did my research on the internet. During my research I found numerous articles that we have all read or seen on the typical liquor liability...