All the headlines from our Workplace Violence Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 9 2021 // Whenever a legal dispute arises as to insurance coverage, the court will evaluate policy language to determine if a specific cause of loss constitutes a covered event under the terms of that policy.When workers...
Jul 28 2021 // Remington Arms Co. on Tuesday offered to pay nearly $33 million to nine families to settle lawsuits claiming that its marketing of firearms contributed to the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, where...
Apr 8 2021 // The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill that would create an Active Shooter Alert System for the state.House Bill 103 passed by a vote of 146-0. The bill’s author, State Rep. Brooks Landgraf (Odessa),...
Feb 18 2021 // HSB, part of Munich Re, has created a new workplace violence insurance coverage for small to mid-size businesses, providing counseling, crisis communications, lost business income and security services to help companies...
Oct 5 2020 // A court last week approved a settlement totaling $800 million from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting that was the...
Sep 16 2020 // More than 4,400 relatives and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history could receive a total of $800 million in payouts from MGM Resorts International and its insurers by January, the casino giant and...
Sep 2 2020 // Family members of two of the deceased Odessa, Texas, mass shooting victims are suing the person who supplied the AR-style firearm to the mass shooter and the gun parts manufacturer for over $1 million in damages.The...
Sep 2 2020 // The father of a 19-year-old Seattle man shot and killed in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone has filed wrongful death claims totaling $3 billion, seeking $1 billion each from the city of Seattle, King County and the...
Aug 10 2020 // It’s been a challenging year for many businesses, especially those in the recreation, leisure and entertainment world. But while entertainment continues to struggle, things are picking up for the recreation market,...
Jun 24 2020 // Firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson Brands Inc. negligently marketed the AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle that was used in a 2019 mass shooting at a California synagogue, victims and survivors claim in a lawsuit.The...
Jun 19 2020 // Beazley has established a contracted relationship with Vizient Insurance Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Vizient, Inc., to offer active shooter coverage. This coverage is available immediately to Vizient members. Under the...
Jan 13 2020 // New federal rules on overtime pay, which began January 1, change for the first time since 2004 the threshold for who is entitled to overtime pay — and who is not.The new rule raises the income threshold that...
Dec 29 2019 // Time is running out for employers to familiarize themselves with new federal rules on overtime pay.Starting January 1, the threshold for who is entitled to overtime pay — and who is not — changes. It’s the first...
Dec 3 2019 // Security is not subtle at the sprawling campus of human resources technology giant Paycom in Oklahoma City.Off-duty police officers roam the grounds, bolstering the company’s own force of armed guards. A basement...
Nov 22 2019 // McDonald’s Corp. employees on Thursday sued the fast food giant and several of its franchisees in Chicago over a store redesign that staffers say has made it easier for angry customers to leap over the counter and...
Sep 25 2019 // Atlanta employees and elected officials are now required to undergo active shooter training on an annual basis.The Atlanta City Council recently passed an ordinance requiring such training. The vote comes less than a month...
Sep 17 2019 // Emerging risks with little or no claims history can be notoriously difficult to underwrite—but many specialty lines companies are finding ways to put their toes in the water to insure these new risks, especially when...
Sep 16 2019 // The workers’ compensation market apparently needs to do some catching up where it concerns technology.“Historically we’ve been really slow to adapt to technology and innovation,” said Shaun Jackson,...
Sep 6 2019 // The workers’ compensation market apparently needs to do some catching up where it concerns technology.“Historically we’ve been really slow to adapt to technology and innovation,” said Shaun Jackson,...
Aug 27 2019 // The mother of a man killed in a shooting at a Tennessee Waffle House is now suing the medical center that treated him. The Tennessean reports the lawsuit filed last week by Shaundelle Brooks says two Vanderbilt University...