premium News

Oil Tanker Insurance Costs to Jump After Gulf Attacks

Oil tanker owners are turning increasingly nervous about loading cargoes from the world’s largest export region for crude after the latest round of attacks on vessels. Both owners and the companies that charter their ships paused bookings on Thursday as …

Des Moines, Iowa Exec Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud

The president of a Des Moines firm that provides companies with temporary employees has pleaded guilty to a scheme to reduce the cost of his workers compensation insurance. Under a plea agreement reached Thursday with prosecutors, DES Staffing President Dinesh …

Oklahoma Schools Insurance Rates Increase After Storms

More than 400 Oklahoma schools have received notices of expected insurance rate increases averaging 19.5 percent. The notice from the Oklahoma Schools Insurance Group, which provides various types of coverage to 440 of Oklahoma’s 526 school districts, comes after schools …