Insurance bills nearing final votes in the Florida Legislature could provide insurers with a broad exemptions from paying homeowners with storm-surge flood damage according to provisions of the state’s 100-year-old valued policy law. “To force us into the flood business …
A Japanese commuter train came off the tracks at Amagasaki, a suburb of Osaka, about 400 kms (255 miles) west of Tokyo, and rammed into a building at about 9:20 a.m. local time. News reports have put the death toll …
World leaders and ordinary citizens paused over the weekend to commemorate three tragic events that marked the 20th century. While they now seem remote in time, and have little direct connection with the insurance industry, they form a part of …
Researchers at University College London, working at the Benfield Natural Hazard Research Centre, have reported a new method for analyzing and forecasting Atlantic Ocean hurricanes. A report from the BBC notes that the new work, by Mark Saunders and Adam …
Protecting New Hampshire workers against construction hazards, bloodborne pathogens, musculoskeletal disorders and other safety and health risks is the goal of a newly-signed alliance between the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Granite State Chapter …
The Texas State Affairs Committee on Friday unanimously voted in favor of asbestos litigation reform that will protect the right of people with asbestos- and silica-related impairment obtain compensation in a fair and efficient manner through the Texas court system. …
Marshall and Swift / Boeckh (MS/B), a provider of building cost data and estimating technology to the property insurance industry worldwide, announced the release of its Field Information Transfer (FIT) technology, a new real-time Web-services tool that integrates third-party inspection …
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senators Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), at a news conference recently to discuss bipartisan legislation creating a national trust fund to compensate victims for asbestos disease. Under this legislation, the …
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., announced that Hugh O. Whitaker, Jr., of Severn, Maryland was convicted of felony insurance fraud and driving while uninsured in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County on April 19, 2005. The conviction …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is co-sponsoring seven sessions on “Safety and Health Training in the Residential Construction Industry” with the Idaho Associated General Contractors and Idaho Building Contractors Association. The training sessions will be …