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Insurer Sells Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod

Apr 20 2006 // American Financial Group, Inc.’s subsidiary, Great American Financial Resources, Inc., has reached an agreement to sell Chatham Bars Inn, its resort-hotel property located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for $166...

Mass. Couple Charged in Glass-Eating Insurance Fraud

Apr 17 2006 // A Massachusetts man was arrested on charges that he, along with his wife, submitted false insurance claims that they had ingested glass found in food they had eaten at restaurants and grocery stores in Massachusetts, Rhode...

California Bars Workers from Neverland Ranch Due to Insurance

Mar 14 2006 // Michael Jackson has been ordered to pay a $69,000 fine and remove 69 employees from his Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, Calif., for allowing workers’ compensation insurance to lapse at the exotic estate that has been...

Cracker Barrel to Fork Over $2M for Harassment at 3 Ill. Restaurants

Mar 13 2006 // Federal District Judge Charles Norgle, Sr. has entered a $2 million consent decree resolving a workplace discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) challenging sexual and...

State Fund to Host Restaurant Health and Safety Workshop in San Francisco

Mar 6 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a free restaurant health and safety workshop in San Francisco to help restaurant supervisors and owners design a comprehensive safety training program and...

Geo. F. Brown & Sons Extends Liquor Liability Program to Arizona

Feb 24 2006 // Geo. F. Brown & Sons Inc. is offering a liquor liability program in Arizona. Available on a non-admitted basis, the new program is for all classes serving alcoholic beverages including bars and taverns, restaurants,...

Wis. Law Would Ban Suits Against Restaurants for Making People Fat

Feb 23 2006 // Wisconsin lawmakers are taking tort reform to a new level with a proposal that would prevent people from suing restaurants and food distributors for making them fat.A proposal in the Wisconsin state Senate is designed to...

Hallmark, Texas General Agency

Feb 19 2006 // Hallmark, Texas General AgencyHallmark Financial Services Inc. completed its previously disclosed acquisition of Texas General Agency Inc. and certain affiliates. TGA is a managing general agency involved in the marketing...

Argonaut’s Great Central Partners with Minn. Restaurant Association

Jan 31 2006 // Great Central Insurance, a member of the Select Markets segment of San Antonio, Texas-based Argonaut Group Inc., announced it has been selected by the Minnesota Restaurant Association (MRA) to offer property and casualty...

Thrown Shrimp Blamed in Death of N.Y. Restaurant Patron

Jan 13 2006 // The family of a 43-year-old Long Island, N.Y. man is seeking $10 million in damages, claiming he died months after ducking a flying shrimp tossed by a hibachi chef at a Japanese steakhouse.Attorney Andre Ferenzo said in...

Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006

Jan 2 2006 // Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record $511 billion in 2006, the first time sales will cross the half-trillion dollar mark.According to the National Restaurant Association’s 2006 Restaurant Industry...

Table-top TVs, Web access and other trends

Jan 2 2006 // The National Restaurant Association forecasts the following trends: Restaurants as homes away from home. With growing demand from plugged-in Americans accustomed to operating in a 24/7 society, look for restaurants to...

Living Near Restaurants, Medical Buildings, Grocery Stores Has Risks

Jan 2 2006 // If you live within a mile of a church, you’re far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a church. But if you live within a mile of a restaurant, you face a significantly...

Drivers living near restaurants pose higher risks than church neighbors

Jan 2 2006 // Why people who live close to restaurant are more likely to pay more for auto insurance.Drivers who live within a mile of a church are far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a...

Living Near Restaurants, Medical Buildings, Grocery Stores Has Risks

Jan 1 2006 // If you live within a mile of a church, you’re far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a church. But if you live within a mile of a restaurant, you face a significantly...

Jan 1 2006 // Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record $511 billion in 2006, the first time sales will cross the half-trillion dollar mark. According to the National Restaurant...

From Pinstripes to Prison Stripes: Near North’s Segal on Life Behind Bars

Jan 1 2006 // Former Chicago Insurance Broker Serving Time for Fraud Appears on TV; Is Movie Next?Once you get over the fear…you find that people are just people,” Michael “Mickey” Segal, 63, told an ABC-TV news...

Drivers living near restaurants pose higher risks than church neighbors

Jan 1 2006 // Why people who live close to restaurant are more likely to pay more for auto insurance.Drivers who live within a mile of a church are far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a...

Table-top TVs, Web access and other trends

Jan 1 2006 // The National Restaurant Association forecasts the following trends: • Restaurants as homes away from home. With growing demand from plugged-in Americans accustomed to operating in a 24/7 society, look for restaurants...

From pinstripes to prison stripes: Near North’s Segal on life behind bars

Jan 1 2006 // Former Chicago insurance broker serving time for fraud appears on TV; Is movie next?Once you get over the fear … you find that people are just people,” Michael “Mickey” Segal, 63, told an ABC-TV...