Officials from NOAA’s National Weather Service recently praised the city of Chesapeake, Virginia, for completing a set of rigorous warning and evacuation criteria necessary to earn the distinction of being StormReady. NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “StormReady …
Region III’s response and recovery personnel met with their state counterparts recently in the Philadelphia regional office. With an eye on the current storm season, the group charted its course for dealing with the damaging effects of Mother Nature. “We …
Firefighters in Los Angeles and San Diego Counties battled several blazes into Wednesday as wind continued to hamper efforts to bring them under total control. Fires spread out over some 1,550 acres in parts of Southern California, coming close to …
North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven recently announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the North Dakota State Water Commission (SWC) nearly $1.1 million for Map Modernization (Map Mod) efforts in three North Dakota counties. Barnes, Grand Forks and …
Buying or selling a home involves many decisions, including whether or not to purchase a home warranty. Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) is urging those presented with the opportunity to purchase a home warranty to weigh the …
MetLife has announced the availability of Business Travel Accident Insurance, an addition to complement the company’s suite of Group Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance products. MetLife’s Business Travel Accident Insurance provides additional financial protection for employees traveling …
U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $920 million for second-quarter insured property losses from four catastrophes in 25 states — the lowest tally among second quarters in the past 10 years, according to preliminary …
Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist announced a price gouging settlement with a Sarasota motel that had been accused of inflating room rates for guests fleeing Hurricane Charley last year. Under the settlement agreement, the Airport Inn will provide restitution to …
More than 32,000 Florida homeowners insurance policies were returned to the private market in June, 2005, officials with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation announced this week. The added policies bring this year’s total to nearly 250,000. “Even with early storm activity, …
Crawford & Company has entered into an agreement with CEC Entertainment Inc., to provide a fully integrated service for its workers’ compensation, and general liability claims. CEC Entertainment Inc., headquartered in Irving, Texas, operates a system of 500 Chuck E. …