The Web site of Germany’s Allianz (http://www.allianz.com/) features an interview with two of the company’s climate experts, Matthias Klawa of Allianz Reinsurance and Olav Bogenrieder of Allianz Versicherung, who comment on how changing climatic conditions could affect Allianz’s business dealings. …
With the March 22 application deadline just around the corner, more than 13,000 Hoosiers in the 85 disaster-declared counties have already called or gone online to apply for assistance since Jan. 21 when President Bush issued a major disaster declaration …
Gregory Van Tatenhove, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Karl Stankovic, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Louisville Field Division, jointly announced that a Federal Grand Jury in Lexington returned an …
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has authorized the Department of Ecology (Ecology) to declare a statewide drought emergency, based on the extremely low snow pack in the mountains and record-low flows that are being seen in many rivers across the state. …
The American Insurance Association (AIA) recently testified before the Maryland House Economic Matters Committee in support of Senate Bill 560, which calls for mandatory use of seat belts by rear seat passengers. AIA testified that while Maryland’s safety belt use …
In a continued effort to combat underage drinking in New York State, Gov. George Pataki and Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro have proposed new legislation to increase penalties for offenses committed by drivers under the age of 21. Under …
The owner of a Tulsa medical equipment company was ordered to pay more than $348,000 in restitution and after pleading guilty Nov. 30, 2004, in Northern District Court in Tulsa. Janet K. Merrifield, 54, will serve five months imprisonment followed …
Disaster assistance has been expanded in nine counties to include aid for homeowners, renters and business owners affected by the recent winter storms and flooding in Ohio, federal and state recovery officials announced. With this amendment to the presidential disaster …
A federal judge has granted an order to show cause requested by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which is seeking to have the operator of a jet that crashed last month at Teterboro Airport (New Jersey) comply with a subpoena issued …
A Las Vegas man was convicted recently in federal court in connection with a scheme to embezzle funds from his employer, Muro Pharmaceutical, a Tewksbury-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, and to launder the embezzled funds through Nevada corporations he had established. United …