Unitrin Specialty investigator reminds shoppers to use common sense The gifts you’ve spent hours shopping for could be gone in under 15 seconds if you’re in too much of a rush this holiday season. You can make sure those receipts …
Lexington Insurance Co., a member company of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), has teamed up with the law offices of Steven M. Ziegler, P.A., a law firm with managed care industry expertise, to offer a suite of risk and claim …
A consumer research group called for warning labels on toys with magnets after more than 4 million Mattel play sets were recalled over injuries to several children who swallowed magnets that fell off. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced …
Hurricane Katrina’s 100-plus mph winds only damaged the eaves of Morris Strickland’s shopping center a few miles from the Ocean Springs, Mississippi beach. The damage cost less than $2,000, and stores leasing space in Eagle Plaza quickly reopened. Yet even …
Since October 2005, 75,700 new workers have joined Louisiana’s workforce, according to the October 2006 nonfarm employment estimates released recently by the Louisiana Department of Labor. “Louisiana’s nonfarm workforce has grown from its lowest level of 1,718,900 in October 2005, …
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will present a two-day educational conference Dec. 4-5, 2006 in Austin. The 2006 DWC Conference will feature presentations by two Texas legislators who played key roles in recent reforms …
Names, Social Security numbers and home addresses of nearly 1,740 former Chicago school employees were mistakenly mailed to other members of the group, prompting concerns the information could be used for identity theft. All Printing & Graphics Inc., which Chicago …
The state of Massachusetts is preparing to file a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the companies that worked on the Big Dig highway tunnel project, alleging their negligence led to the ceiling collapse that killed a woman from Costa Rica. Massachusetts Attorney …
Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. is recalling more than 67,000 child car seats because of problems with handle trim screws that can loosen. The seats were sold under the names Alpha Elite and Eddie Bauer and were built during 2005 and …
Santa Ana, Calif.-based Advanced Medical Optics Inc. is recalling U.S. batches of its Complete MoisturePlus multipurpose contact lens solution and Active Packs after finding bacterial contamination in three lots made at the same plant in China and distributed in Japan. …