All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 23 2004 // Richard W. Peterson, 63, of San Francisco, a former insurance broker/agent, was arrested April 19th at Miami International Airport on federal fraud charges for allegedly selling approximately $4 million of fake insurance...
Apr 5 2004 // Joey Buttafuoco, whose 17-year-old lover became known as the “Long Island Lolita” after shooting his wife in the face, has been sentenced to a year in jail for auto insurance fraud. Buttafuoco, 48, pleaded...
Mar 30 2004 // Exercising its new power, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission has suspended the Laconia Rod and Gun Club’s liquor license because the club had two illegal sale violations and no liquor liability insurance.Liquor...
Mar 29 2004 // Great Central Insurance, a member of Argonaut Group Inc.’s Specialty Commercial segment, announced that they have been appointed the Preferred Provider for the Tennessee Restaurant Association (TRA) property and...
Mar 22 2004 // Judge Michael Mukasey has come down hard on Larry Silverstein, barring him from attending the current trial over the amount of recovery for the destruction of the World Trade Center, after he reportedly violated the...
Nov 10 2003 // State Labor Commissioner Art Lujan ordered the closure of nine International House of Pancakes (IHOP) restaurants in Sacramento and Fresno because the restaurants did not have a valid workers’ compensation insurance...
Jul 21 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: London American has unveiled a new Small Restaurant program. The new program will target independently owned small restaurants, fast food restaurants, and refreshment stands. The exclusive program is...
Jun 25 2003 // London American has unveiled a new Small Restaurant program for California.Written on a non-admitted basis with an A XV insurer, the new program will target independently-owned small restaurants, fast food restaurants, and...
Apr 21 2003 // The recent nightclub tragedies in Chicago and Rhode Island, which all told killed 120 people, will lead to stricter underwriting and discourage new carriers from entering that volatile market, according to a broker who has...
Apr 21 2003 // The recent nightclub tragedies in Chicago and Rhode Island, which all told killed 120 people, will lead to stricter underwriting and discourage new carriers from entering that volatile market, according to a broker who has...
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Ajalon Specialty Insurance Brokers has E&S and Specialty Markets available for auto-commercial (commercial auto liabiltyÑmisc./special purpose), contractors & related, artisian contractors,...
Jul 11 2002 // Ajalon Specialty Insurance Brokers has E&S and specialty markets available for auto-commercial (commercial auto liability—misc./special purpose), contractors & related, artisan contractors, contractors...
Jul 1 2002 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a state law limiting the payment of damages to the percentage of fault in cases where a defendant has been found less than 50 percent liable for the injuries.A report from the...
Apr 15 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: M.J. Hall & Co has available a program for nightclubs, bars and restaurants. Available on a brokerage basis. Endorsements—assault and battery.Dollars: nonadmitted market Carrier: Clarendon...
Jan 30 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) and the Washington Restaurant Association (WRA) have launched a joint program to reduce injuries to teen workers in fast-food restaurants throughout the state.It began in...
Jul 30 2001 // Court decisions coupled with new state statutes are holding sellers of alcoholic beverages increasingly responsible for damages under liquor liability laws. Nevertheless, liquor liability insurance continues to be a quiet,...
Jul 23 2001 // If the hospitality market has firmed recently to, say, the consistency of crème brulée, will it necessarily become more like peanut brittle in the coming months? Who knows? But like many areas of today’s economy,...
Jul 23 2001 // Court decisions coupled with new state statutes are holding sellers of alcoholic beverages increasingly responsible for damages under liquor liability laws. Nevertheless, liquor liability insurance continues to be a quiet,...