Police have stopped about 1,000 vehicles and made 20 arrests in Pittsburgh as part of “Operation Nighthawk,” a regional campaign to crack down on drunken driving, police said. A joint force of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania state police halted many of …
Utility officials in Oklahoma City, Okla., blamed a blackout that left several thousand households without power on the theft of copper from a substation. The Friday, Aug. 18, outage on the city’s south side marked the second time in two …
David Morse & Associates, providers of third-party administrator services, field adjusting services, specialty claims services, and fraud investigations, has announced that Insurance Servicing & Adjusting Company (ISAC) has become part of the David Morse & Associates Group. The move increases …
Dallas-based independent insurance agency McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT) and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company awarded the Fairview (Texas) Fire Department a $13,370 grant to purchase a specialized air compressor used to fill large air tanks, called “cascade” tanks, which …
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced it has deployed staff to the Texas disaster recovery center in El Paso to assist residents with their insurance questions and claims, including workers’ compensation claims, in the wake of the area’s recent …
Farmington, Conn.-based Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. has debuted its new web site, http://www.tech-404.com/, dedicated to educating agents, brokers, and commercial insurance purchasers about the inherent technology and information liabilities facing traditional businesses, including cyber liability, Internet liability, and technology errors …
As homeowners along the Gulf Coast have started rebuilding and repairing since Hurricane Katrina hit nearly a year ago, they’ve been learning a new vocabulary and have been bombarded with recommendations. In many cases, the new or rebuilt structures will …
It’s not a hurricane, nor even a tropical storm – yet. But it’s out there off the Cape Verde Islands, where many of the most violent tropical cyclones have historically formed. Miami’s National Hurricane Center is currently tracking Tropical Depression …
The family of a Sanford man killed in an industrial accident blames the manufacturer of a forklift for a design that allowed the man to become pinned when he backed up under a shelving unit. An inexpensive adaptation could have …
The South Carolina Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision, ruling that the state is still responsible for providing reasonable care to patients even when it contracts work out to private vendors. In 1997, Lexington County resident Brenda Bryant …