Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said arrest warrants have been issued for four volunteer firefighters and three junior firefighters in Rabun County for allegedly setting a fire in Clayton. They were accused of setting fire to …
Tennessee regulators ordered a Crossville-based travel firm already cited by three other states to stop selling trip interruption or cancellation benefits without an insurance license. Tennessee’s cease-and-desist order Sept. 7 against Trip Assured Inc. followed similar actions by Michigan, North …
In a blow to hundreds of Mississippi homeowners whose insurance claims were denied after Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge has ruled that policyholders suing their insurers must file their lawsuits individually instead of in mass actions. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a …
Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly has decided to appeal Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler’s order allowing the state’s insurer of last resort — the FAIR Plan — to raise home insurance premiums an average of 12.4 percent statewide — and 25 …
A Pennsylvania roofing company faces federal workplace safety fines of $102,000 following the death of an employee who was electrocuted when his scaffold came into contact with a power line. Zeke & Son Roofing and Siding Specialists was named in …
Days before the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. Senate announced agreement on ports security legislation, hoping to approve bolstered protections before November’s elections to stop nuclear materials from being smuggled into the country. The $835 million bill, …
It was the biggest natural disaster in South Carolina before Hurricane Hugo. On Sept. 8, the 120th anniversary of the Charleston earthquake passed quietly. The magnitude 7.3 earthquake on Aug. 31, 1886, killed more than 100 people and destroyed about …
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT) said it has sold its U,S. based property and casualty insurance and employee benefits businesses to California-based Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. “The sale of the retail part of our U.S. based operations is an …
Montana firefighters battling a wildfire that has blackened nearly 290 square miles and burned 26 homes faced a new challenge, authorities said: bees. The blaze that started with lightning on Aug. 22 has forced hundreds to evacuate. After being grounded …
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle defended shutting down all six westbound lanes of the H-1 Freeway, which is used by 200,000 vehicles a day, saying it was a safety decision. An excavator being towed by an Army truck slammed into a …