State and federal officials announced a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) Mitigation Outreach Partnership with Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, 2901 Old Shawnee in Muskogee. Specialists will provide information about wildfire mitigation to assist …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa” to Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) (New Zealand). The outlook for both ratings is stable. The ratings reflect ACC’s status …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of Grupo Nacional Provincial, S.A. (GNP) (Mexico City, Mexico). The rating outlook is stable. The rating reflects GNP’s solid risk-adjusted capitalization, leading position in the Mexican insurance market, …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Shipbuilding Association (ASA) have renewed their Alliance that will reportedly continue to help protect workers by minimizing exposure to shipyard safety and health hazards. “Continuing our work with ASA is …
The Coalition for Asbestos Reform (C.A.R.) responded Thursday to the press conference held by Senators Specter and Leahy, in which they reportedly struggled to demonstrate support for S.852 the Asbestos Trust Fund bill. “We were struck more by who wasn’t …
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported that his Home Builder Registration Unit has suspended the license of Dujon Home Concepts to build homes in Maryland and his Consumer Protection Division has filed a Statement of Charges against the …
The City of New Orleans has begun issuing notification to property owners of structures, portions of structures, or partially or wholly collapsed properties that floated off their foundations, as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and/or Rita, and are now on …
Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company of North Dakota has formed a partnership with Arizona based, Identity Theft 911 LLC, to assist their customers through the process of identity restoration. Farmers Union Insurance will now provide identity theft resolution services to …
The state Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has released a study on the effects of legislative reforms on insurance rates in California. The study was conducted by Bickmore Risk Services under contract with the DWC. “The study contains positive news …
Dry conditions this year and heavy moisture last year could combine to make Arizona’s imminent wildfire season the most devastating yet, experts told Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano at a roundtable discussion. While Arizona wildfires have either struck in the high …