Drivers worried about missing a red light or being hit by cars darting out from hidden alleys in Japan may receive assistance from new technology being developed by Nissan. All the world’s automakers are working on automatic braking and other …
While West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and the insurance industry credit last year’s ban on “third party, bad faith” lawsuits for $77 million in policy rate cuts, Jenny Bonham believes it helped one insurer rip off her neighbor. Bonham, a …
Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar said he has asked federal agriculture officials to reconsider their decision to deny drought disaster loans to farmers on the Eastern Plains whose wells were shut off in a water rights dispute. Salazar said the farmers’ …
A bird flu pandemic would kill nearly 700 people in Virginia’s Fairfax County, forcing hospitals, nursing homes and other makeshift medical centers to set up temporary morgues and stockpile body bags to handle the deaths, according to a new report. …
Overall crime rates continued to decline in New York during 2005 as vehicle thefts dropped almost 13 percent and robberies edged up from 2004, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation report. The rate of violent crime did tick up …
Originally slated for a Sept. 1 start date, Florida’s residual market for commercial insurance began providing coverage for small businesses on Sept. 15. A signing event took place midday on Sept. 15 and by mid-afternoon more than 60 agents were …
Transportation fatalities in the United States increased last year, according to preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation Safety Board. Deaths from transportation accidents in the United States in 2005 totaled 45,636, up from 45,092 in 2004. “It is …
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is holding a seminar for policyholders on emergency preparedness, aging in the workforce and responding to workplace injuries at a free seminar in Pleasanton, Calif., on September 19. Featured speakers include Michael Alvarez, regional manager …
The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is urging Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto punitive damage recovery legislation that it says “makes no public policy sense from either a fiscal or legal perspective,” according to Jeff Fuller, ACIC general counsel …
Hundreds of southern New Mexico residents have filed automobile damage claims after powerful storms dumped large hail and heavy rain in the area. Allstate offices in Las Cruces said 200 claims already have been filed, and the insurance company estimated …