Heavy rains and strong wind helped make 2006 a record-breaking year for the National Weather Service in Raleigh, N.C. The office had issued 577 severe-weather warnings this year as of Tuesday, in addition to 86 flash-flood warnings. The previous record …
Regarded as dangerous pets by their detractors but loved for their assertive nature by their owners, pit bulls may find themselves banned from New York City. City Councilman Peter Vallone Junior said that he wants to ban the canines, calling …
The federal flood insurance program may be going broke after incurring $20 billion in debt from recent storms like Hurricane Katrina. But that hasn’t stopped politicians from trying to extend the taxpayer-subsidized coverage for some of the riskiest — and …
The Drive Group of Progressive Insurance Companies announced that it is lowering auto insurance premiums in Colorado by an average of 5.2 percent for new customers effective Sept. 6 and existing customers effective Oct. 16. The Drive Insurance from Progressive …
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced the Arkansas Insurance Department has joined with twelve other states filing a brief supporting a case brought by consumers against the insurance industry’s use of credit scoring in determining auto rates. The amicus …
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved revised classification relativities filed by the Medical Protective Co. for physicians and surgeons. The revised factors contemplate an average 5.4 percent rate decrease and are a reflection of the improving experience in …
Fifteen months after Hurricane Katrina left gaping holes in the Gulf Coast landscape, many insurance claims remain unsettled and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is not happy. He says he would be happier if some of the claims he is …
Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has increased the state’s minimum wage 30 cents to $7.93 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2007. L&I recalculates the state’s minimum wage each year in September as required by Initiative 688, which Washington state …
SONY BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to pay Ohio and 39 additional states $4.25 million to resolve the states’ investigation into problems that arose when SONY placed anti-copying software on music CDs without notifying consumers. “The Consumer Sales Practices Act …
A former Oakdale, La., insurance agent was arrested and issued a cease and desist order on charges of fraud and misappropriation of funds, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced recently. John Craig Welch, age 40, was arrested by the …