A fire in Wauseon, Ohio, that may have started in a restaurant destroyed several nearby buildings and businesses early on April 14, burning most of a downtown block in the heart of this northwest Ohio community. Mayor Jerry Dehnbostel said …
A Minnesota company is voluntarily recalling about 330 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products that may contain bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said. The agency said Earle of Sausage of Willernie, Minn., is recalling 1-pound …
A lawyer for the city of St. Louis on April 12 asked the Missouri Supreme Court to allow it to continue a lawsuit seeking damages from lead paint and lead pigment manufacturers. St. Louis argues that lead paint poses a …
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said on April 12 he has picked a new CEO for the state’s troubled “insurer of last resort” and will make the new chief executive’s name public during the week of April 16. The new chief …
Jurors may consider whether a Slidell couple misrepresented part of their claim, possibly voiding the whole homeowner policy, when they decide Louisiana’s second Hurricane Katrina insurance trial against Allstate Insurance Co., a federal judge ruled April 13. After testimony ended, …
An international consortium of nine automakers and two parts suppliers is asking researchers for proposals to develop “virtual humans,” computer programs that will help them design safer cars and trucks. The Global Human Body Models Consortium LLC says the computer …
A Michigan judge recently ruled that there is enough evidence for a former mayor charged with arson and insurance fraud in the burning of her 1986 Mercedes-Benz to stand trial in the case. Wilmer Jones Ham, who serves on the …
Auto insurance policies purchased online increased 58 percent in 2006 compared to 2005, according to comScore Inc., which tracks activity in the digital world. In its “2007 comScore Online Automobile Insurance Report,” comScore also noted that the total number of …
Gencorp Insurance Group, with headquarters in East Greenwich, R.I., has announced the promotion of two of its insurance professionals. Jay E. Madden has been named president of Gencorp’s Wholesale Division. Madden has been with the firm for 10 years. He …
A Massachusetts ink manufacturer whose plant exploded and damaged dozens of homes has mounted a legal challenge to the state’s authority to bill it $312,000 for the cost of responding to the crisis. Lawyers for CAI Inc. in Danvers, Mass. …