Ohio Gov. Bob Taft recently expressed appreciation for U.S Department of Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman’s designation of 28 Ohio counties as natural disasters areas, due to flooding from remnants of the hurricanes in the southern U.S. last September. “Due to …
North Carolina state insurance regulators are investigating whether as many as 10 insurance companies conspired in a price-fixing scheme. The Insurance Department is examining the companies after contacting about 1,400 insurance providers and 4,000 licensed brokers in the fall. The …
Applied Underwriters, a provider in integrated workers’ compensation solutions, adopted the January rate reduction recommended by the California Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. After a strong 2004, Applied Underwriters is reportedly seeking to increase the number of small-to-medium sized businesses …
According to the California Farm Bureau Federation (www.cfbf.com), a dry week has given Southern California agricultural officials more opportunity to assess damage from this month’s floods and storms. So far, most agricultural damage appears to have occurred in Ventura County, …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of A+ (Superior) of State Auto Insurance Companies (State Auto) (Columbus, Ohio) and assigned it an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa-“. A.M. Best has also affirmed the debt rating of …
West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw filed suit recently in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County on behalf of consumers nationwide against Marvin Carl Crowder, Jr., individually, and against his auction located at 1100 Georges Drive, Charleston, West Virginia. In …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Macs Construction & Concrete Inc., following the investigation of a building collapse July 22, at a Hobe Sound construction site where two construction workers were killed and several …
Citing troubling statistics that show 75,000 San Francisco drivers operate motor vehicles without insurance, State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced an aggressive new outreach program to spread the word about the state’s Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program. “Because of …
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Santa Barbara counties, paving the way for them and the cities within them to apply for partial reimbursement of …
Victor O. Schinnerer & Company has announced a new series of risk management seminars for design and construction professionals. Entitled “Skills, Solutions, Success,” the series focuses on five distinct topics to teach design and construction professionals how to keep claims …