Pennsylvania state, county and local governments and certain non-profit organizations who suffered losses and damages as a result of flooding from Tropical Storm Ivan in September will receive nearly $17 million in public assistance funds, according to figures from the …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released its report insurance experience through Sept. 30, 2004. Highlights of the report include: California written premium (gross of deductible credits) reported for the first nine months of 2004 is $18.1 …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited A.R. Butler Construction Company Inc. for reportedly exposing workers to trenching hazards at a Brewster Road worksite in Center Point, Ala. “For worker injuries and fatalities to decline …
The tsunami waves have had a devastating impact on the fisheries sector in many countries of the Indian Ocean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Thursday. In Sri Lanka, more than 7,500 fishers have been …
In order to protect homebuilders and homeowners against property damage from the growth of mold and mildew, Johns Manville is now offering formaldehyde-free MR Faced Batts. MR Faced Batts have a facing that is treated with an EPA registered preservative …
Gilsbar Inc., a provider of insurance administration and management services, was again named one of the “Best Places to Work” by New Orleans CityBusiness, in its Dec. 27, 2004 issue. Each year, businesses in the New Orleans metropolitan area are …
XactiMed, a provider of claims, remittance and denial management revenue cycle solutions to the healthcare industry, announced Orlando-based Florida Heart Group will implement its claims processing and management revenue cycle product suite. “The Florida Heart Group conducted an exhaustive search …
As a rare sighting in California in recent weeks happened on Wednesday, the sun setting over the Pacific, authorities in La Conchita announced that this week’s death toll from a mudslide was 10, and that they believe everyone has been …
Federal disaster funds have been authorized for Ohio to supplement state and local government costs for responding to the record snowstorm that hit the state late last month, the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Cuyahoga County man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Fredrick Johnson was sentenced to one year probation, restitution in the amount of $211.51 to BWC and …