The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Demolition Association (NDA) have formed an Alliance that focuses on providing access to training resources to help protect worker safety and health in the demolition industry. The Alliance will focus …
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced disaster assistance approved for residents of Bradford, Bucks, Columbia, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties affected by the heavy rain and floods that …
The American Insurance Association strongly disagrees with yesterday’s Florida Circuit Court ruling confirming the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2004 decision in Mierzwa v. Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association, which misinterpreted the valued policy law. In a ruling from the bench, …
A report released this week noted that the 40 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the country collectively paid out a record $206 billion in healthcare claims in 2004. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), which represents …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help Arizona fight the Vekol fire burning near Stanfield in Pinal County. Michael Brown, under secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency …
For a 35th consecutive year, SCF of Arizona’s Board of Directors approved a dividend to policyholders. The Board voted unanimously May 24 to a recommended $60 million. Since 1969, SCF has returned more than $1 billion to its qualified policyholders. …
U.S Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Perris has given the Archdiocese of Portland an extension until Nov. 15 to file a plan to pay the claims of sex-abuse plaintiffs and other creditors. The archdiocese asked for an extension on the Chapter 11 …
Enhancing workplace safety for the workers who repair and restore the nation’s oldest commissioned warship, the U.S.S. Constitution, is the goal of a newly signed alliance between the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the U.S. …
CDS Business Mapping LLC a provider in online property risk mapping, has added Arizona, New Jersey and New York to its Distance to Fire Station report on the RiskMeter Online (www.RiskMeter.com). This brings the total number of states to 16. …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced that Top Flight Insurance Company, an auto insurance carrier, has been placed into permanent receivership. The company previously was placed in temporary receivership until a May 20 hearing. “Top Flight is going straight into …