To Louisiana’s attorney general, the doctor and two nurses arrested this past week are murderers. But many in the local medical community are outraged at the arrests, saying the three caregivers are heroes who faced unimaginable horrors as Hurricane Katrina …
ReSource Pro has named Dan Epstein chief executive officer. Epstein, formerly ReSource Pro’s vice president of business development, takes over the CEO position from David Watkins, who will become chairman of ReSource Pro. ReSource Pro, LLC, based in New York …
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Sunday, causing residents to flee coastal areas in fear of a tsunami. Indonesian officials — who have been under fire for failing to warn people ahead …
China’s premier has urged local officials to redouble efforts in caring for victims of Tropical Storm Bilis, state media reported Sunday, underscoring concerns about lapses in responding to the storm that killed more than 500 people. Premier Wen Jiabao on …
When a jury this spring concluded a smoke alarm failed in a fatal upstate New York house fire, safety experts were already questioning whether popular models meet the threat posed by fast-burning synthetic materials now common in American homes. The …
A Superior Court judge in Springfield, Mass. has for now blocked more than 100 people who say they were molested by priests from having to tell lawyers about the abuse they say they endured. Judge John Agostini ruled Thursday that …
The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon is preparing to take legal action against Allstate Insurance Company in a dispute over wind and hail coverage that would affect 30,000 homeowners in the state’s coastal parishes. …
Republican U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite asked Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday to call a special session to take additional steps to deal with spiraling cost of homeowners insurance, saying that what Florida has done so far is good, but not …
The Chubb Corporation expects to release second quarter 2006 earnings on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 after the close of the market. The information will be available shortly thereafter on Chubb’s website at http://www.chubb.com/. A conference call will take place on …
Dallas-based Unitrin Specialty announced it is now providing its agents with a new tool that helps small businesses plan for and recover from disaster. Open for Business, an Internet-based disaster recovery and risk assessment tool, was developed by the Institute …