Two levees protecting about 40,000 Central California residents from potentially catastrophic flooding need $8.5 million worth of repairs, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps — which finished the levees three years ago as part of a …
New research from research and advisory services firm TowerGroup finds the time is right for U.S. property and casualty claims insurers to aggressively exploit the business benefits of an enterprise mobility strategy. While using mobile solutions for settling claims is …
President Bush has declared a major disaster because of tornado damage in New Mexico’s Curry and Quay counties, making residents in the eastern New Mexico region eligible for federal funds. Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, …
New federal maps identifying the flood hazard here show much more of Miles City, Mont., is in the 100-year flood plain than do the maps being replaced. The draft maps have three-fourths of the city in the 100-year plain, up …
Seattle’s insurance company has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims that about 175 people were wrongly arrested during a peaceful WTO protest in 1999. The case went to trial in January, and a federal jury found Seattle liable …
The steel sheet piles anchoring 450 feet of floodwalls on the 17th Street Canal in New Orleans are too close to underground sand, so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will bolster them with up to six feet of rock …
Teenagers will not have to pull over their cars to make calls on their cell phones after House members rejected a proposal on April 2 aimed at reducing distractions for Arkansas’ younger motorists. On a 34-45 vote, House members put …
Another attempt to fund a statewide trauma center system in Arkansas by adding a tax to insurance policies failed to win the endorsement of a legislative conference committee April 2, effectively killing it. A proposal by Senate President Jack Critcher …
Smoke alarms interrupted the afternoon nap of an elderly couple in New Braunfels, Texas, on April 1 and firefighters say it saved their lives. Firefighters in New Braunfels say a fire started in the home’s attic spewing flames and smoke …
One insurance company is dropping a claim in Louisiana that getting Small Business Administration loans cancels policyholders’ right to sue if they feel their insurance payments are too low, and another company may do the same. Travelers Insurance Co. has …