An early morning fire in a dilapidated building in Paris 13th Arrondissement has left 17 people dead, including 6 children and another 30 injured. The building was one of many in the French capital that have been converted to temporary …
Typhoon Mawar came ashore on Honshu, Japan’s main island, early Friday morning (local time) packing winds up to 95 mph (152 kph) and heavy rains that triggered flood warnings for the Tokyo region. At least two people have died in …
The French Transport Ministry announced that it will publish a list of airlines that have been banned from landing in French territory due to safety violations. The decision follows the crash in Venezuela last week of a charter airliner operated …
Hurricanes. Flooding. Explosions. Terrorism. Harris County emergency management experts say these natural and manmade disasters are inevitable. Yet, the majority of greater Houston-area residents reportedly do not know how to protect themselves or their families when disaster strikes. This week, …
In an interview on the business news program “Close-Up On American Business,” Nationwide Risk Consulting president, Edward Kelly, announced that fully 75 percent of his company’s clients are paying at the wrong rate for their workers’ compensation insurance. “Workers’ compensation …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Big Light Construction for alleged safety violations following the investigation of a Feb. 22 accident in which employee Antonin Wengu fell to his death from the roof …
Funds continue to flow to the area and people impacted by Hurricane Dennis, according to officials of the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Florida State Emergency Response Team. Since the July 10 presidential disaster declaration: …
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Thursday announced the arrests of an El Dorado County chiropractor and three Central Valley chiropractors on multiple felony counts, including insurance fraud. Joseph R. Ambrose, 43, of El Dorado Hills, Richard Guadalupe Saucedo, 62, …
Diederich Insurance Agency of Carbondale, Ill. today announced the holdings acquisition of Doctors’ Financial Group, Inc. of Denver, Colo. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Doctors’ Financial Group, Inc. offers medical professional liability services for their physician and surgery …
USI Holdings Corporation, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., today announced it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire Cincinnati, Ohio-based Richard B. Cross & Associates, Inc. sometime next month. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Cross has been providing retail …