There are clear opportunities for California to promote incentives to make homes and businesses safer from earthquakes, according to the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS). At the Feb. 23 meeting of the Little Hoover Commission, an independent state …
Greensboro, North Carolina – The Smart Choice® Agents Program, which currently serves more than 2,100 independent agencies in 18 states, has announced plans to expand the program in eight states this year. According to President and CEO Douglas S. Witcher, …
Washington State senators have approved changes to the medical malpractice system, endorsing a compromise hammered out by doctors and lawyers in weeks of secret negotiations with Gov. Chris Gregoire. The bill was approved on a unanimous vote, gaining support even …
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released an urgent message for all Texans to be on the lookout for official-looking e-mails purporting to originate from major financial institutions asking for personal account information. In the latest series of so-called “phishing” scams, …
Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., reported that Arthur Copes, 5710 North Shore Drive, Baton Rouge, La., surrendered to Attorney General Special Agents on 117 counts of insurance fraud for his alleged involvement in a medical billing insurance scam …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Bermuda-based PXRE Reinsurance Ltd. and U.S.-based PXRE Reinsurance Co. (collectively referred to as PXRE) to “BBB-” from “BBB+.” S&P had already lowered …
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that Domino’s Pizza could not be sued for racial discrimination by a businessman whose company had a contract with the chain. The court, in an 8-0 decision, said that because the contract was …
A Reading, Pennsylvania company’s reported failure to protect workers from falls and other serious hazards has resulted in a penalty of $112,000 from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Cambridge-Lee Industries Inc. has been cited by the …
The Bush Administration on Thursday released its review of The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina. In the 228-page report, the Bush Administration notes that there were major flaws in the response on the government’s part to the disaster. More than …
As federal government emergency sheltering programs wind down in the States of Louisiana and Mississippi, work continues by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide longer-term housing assistance and housing locator services to all …