The insurers for the company building the Hunters Brooke development in Charles County, Maryland have filed a lawsuit against the security firm that employed one of the men who allegedly set fire to the subdivision last December. The suit, filed …
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has filed a civil lawsuit against a Northampton County home improvement contractor accused of performing shoddy or incomplete work and using illegal sales contracts, illegal telephone solicitations and an illegal lottery drawing to attract customers …
Investigators from Florida’s Department of Financial Services Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the results of a recent two-day sweep of construction sites in the state. Officials said 848 site visits were made during the sweeps resulting in 100 stop work …
A $3,038,065 grant to the City of Atascadero, California to replace the youth center formerly in the earthquake-damaged Printery Building was approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The grant, made through the California …
Crane Co., a Stamford, Conn. manufacturer of engineered industrial products, has agreed to settle its insurance coverage claims for asbestos and other liabilities against underwriters at Lloyd’s of London reinsured by Equitas Limited for a total payment of $33 million. …
Damage that occurs from water entering a home after a hurricane isn’t always visible in the first days after floodwaters recede. Officials of the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) …
National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark Rosenker testified recently before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Railroads, emphasizing his extreme concern that accidents and fatalities still occur at unacceptable levels at the nation’s grade crossings. Before the …
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced that an Albany County grand jury has indicted a Brooklyn man on charges of defrauding the government and private insurance companies of more than $1.3 million by performing physical therapy services without a …
New York Gov. George Pataki has signed into law legislation that will reportedly increase safety on New York’s waterways by increasing the minimum age of those allowed to operate personal watercraft (PWCs) to 14 years old. Current law requires any …
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) announced recently that auto insurance premiums in Ontario are down 15% since November 2003. The average auto premium in the province is now $1,279, according to the latest industry-wide data. This figure is calculated by …