Underwriters Laboratories Inc. announced that Restonic Mattress Corporation has become the first mattress manufacturer to receive UL certification for its products in accordance with the open-flame resistant requirements of the California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation’s Technical Bulletin …
Vicksburg, Miss.-based Magnolia Marine Transport Company (MMT), issued a statement following the final hearing by the National Transportation Safety Board, (NTSB), in Washington, D.C., on the company’s part in the collapse of the Webbers Falls Arkansas River bridge in Oklahoma …
The Protecting People First Foundation announced it is returning to Southwest Florida to continue an on-site study to document the contribution of impact resistant glass, safety film, hurricane shutters and other protective glazing technologies in preventing injury and property loss …
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry released the following statement calling for the resignation of State Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, after a bipartisan state House impeachment committee unanimously recommended impeachment proceedings against Fisher. “In light of the House investigative committee’s report and …
Residents and officials are assessing damage after the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston battered central Virginia with torrential rain Monday, causing heavy flooding that sent cars floating down streets and trapped people in buildings. Gov. Mark R. Warner declared a …
Hurricane Frances has strengthened substantially as it continues on a northwestern path over the open waters of the Northern Caribbean. Maximum sustained winds remain near 140 mph (220 km/hr) with higher gusts, making the storm a Category Four Hurricane on …
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into law AB 2866, legislation that requires individuals and companies convicted of workers’ compensation insurance fraud to be posted on the Web, according to the Gilroy Dispatch. The California Department of Insurance is required to …
The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), an insurance trade association representing insurers that write approximately 50 percent of insured homes in California, reported on the losses being handled by its members following the now-contained Shasta area fires. “The 10,400-acre …
Ohio’s auto theft picture improved last year as thefts decreased about 2 percent from 2002, according to estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), a property/casualty trade group. Based on auto theft survey results of 17 major Ohio city …
A request by Massachusetts agents for a 32 percent boost in commissions brings the overall private passenger auto insurance rate hike sought by the industry for 2005 to 9.3 percent, up from the original 5.8 percent figure, it was learned …