The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will resume regular enforcement of job safety and health standards throughout much of the hurricane-impacted U.S. Gulf Coast. As of Jan. 25, normal enforcement will be conducted throughout Florida …
Disaster recovery officials reported that $704,307.87 has been approved to reimburse the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for infrastructure damages resulting from the storms, flooding and landslides which occurred in Puerto Rico from Oct. 9-15, 2005. President Bush issued a major …
Insurers in Arizona will be busy in 2006 dealing with key issues ranging from privacy and the use of red light cameras to limitations on the use of credit information in underwriting, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “2006 …
Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY 02), Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY 4th), members of the House Financial Services Committee, joined State Senator Mike Balboni (R-7th) and a representative from Allstate on Friday in calling on the federal government to create a nationwide …
A Grand Prairie, Texas-based, construction company’s alleged failure to protect employees from cave-in and other safety hazards at a Wylie, Texas, construction site has resulted in proposed penalties totaling $117,500 from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
Federal disaster funds have been made available for South Carolina to help communities recover from the effects of a crippling ice storm that struck the state last December, the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management …
Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that its Annual Educational Conference, being held for the first time in conjunction with the Arkansas Self-Insurers Association’s 2006 Spring Fling, is scheduled this year for March 29-31. Alan McClain, AWCC chief executive officer, explained …
Louisiana state lawmakers have been fielding complaints – from constituents, family and friends – over how long it’s taking to get paid on claims filed due to Katrina and Rita and on Jan. 20 took turns grilling insurance company representatives …
While most companies are well aware of the threats “cyber crime” poses to their computer systemsand data bases, many of them remain unaware of the availability of coverage to help deal with the damages caused by attacks after they’ve occurred. …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has “affirmed its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Hannover Rückversicherung-AG and its core entities (collectively Hannover Re) and removed them from CreditWatch, where they had been placed with …