Louisiana residents who suffered damages from the severe storms and flooding that occurred between Oct. 16 and Nov. 8, 2006, may be eligible for disaster tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported. The IRS …
Hamilton, Bermuda-based CRM Holdings, Ltd. announced top-level management changes following the completion of its acquisition of Majestic Insurance Company. Effective Dec. 28, 2006, Daniel G. Hickey, Jr., will transition from co-chief executive officer to chief executive officer, while remaining as …
Most of the 28.5 million Americans who plan to host a party between Thanksgiving and the Super Bowl are underinsured, according to a new study by Trusted Choice. Of those 28.5 million party hosts, 21.3 million do not have a …
Soon-to-be teen drivers would have to spend more time behind the wheel with their parents and face stiffer penalties for speeding and drag racing under a bill that could be headed to Gov. Mitt Romney’s desk by the end of …
Beginning Monday, Jan. 1, Illinois consumers will have access to a new tool to stop identity thieves from opening new credit in their names. The new law will allow all Illinois residents to place a “security freeze” on their credit …
Four Christmas Day tornadoes damaged hundreds of Florida homes, with one flipping airplanes at a flight school and tearing the roofs off three apartment buildings, accoording to officials. Gov. Jeb Bush late Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Columbia, …
The Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn. has appealed a Superior Court judge’s ruling that thousands of pages of court files involving lawsuits against priests accused of sexual abuse be made public. The case could return to the state Supreme Court, and …
A federal judge agreed this week to transfer Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from federal to state court. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. ruled that Hood’s lawsuit belongs in state court …
Travelers who pay a premium for the convenience of charter air travel could unknowingly end up on a flight operated without direct federal oversight. That fact — along with an effort to change it — is central to a lawsuit …
Former Maryland state Sen. Thomas Bromwell has agreed to step down at the end of the year as head of the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund under a separation agreement announced by the organization’s board of directors. Bromwell will receive two …