A list of recommendations for improving boating safety has been handed down by the grand jury examining the 2005 cruise line tragedy when a boat overturned on upstate NewYork’s Lake George, killing 20 elderly tourists. According to the report issued …
School districts have some responsibility for what happens to their students after they are dismissed from school, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled recently. The state’s highest court found that a lower court should have allowed a lawsuit trial for …
The U.S. Fire Administration began posting civilian fire fatality information on its Web site, www.usfa.dhs.gov, gathered from news media through their “Quick Response Program.” “We need to remind ourselves, and the public, that each day in this country people die …
A 22-year-old intern was given the responsibility of safeguarding the personal information of thousands of state employees, a security procedure that ended up backfiring. The names and Social Security numbers of all 64,000 Ohio state employees were stolen last weekend …
Liz Crites, of Hobart, Okla., knew the floor, carpet and karaoke system ruined by floodwaters weren’t covered by her insurance policy, but she managed to find a ray of sunshine in the rain. Crites’ insurance agent, Justin Krieger, was among …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “B++” (Good) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb+” to Seattle-based Physicians Insurance Mutual Group and its members, Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company and its reinsured subsidiary, …
A Louisiana Senate committee last week slightly altered a bill to revise the state’s building code, and another panel voted to require insurance companies to give discounts to homeowners who renovate their homes to meet the code. The Senate’s commerce …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “B++” (Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of Cyprus-based Alliance International Reinsurance Public Company Limited. The outlook for the FSR remains stable, and the outlook for the …
Ohio says it didn’t begin recalculating benefits that could be due to almost 2,000 poor workers hurt on the job until this week despite a seven-month-old court ruling requiring such a recalculation. The inaction by Ohio’s insurance fund for injured …
The Mississippi Supreme Court will determine whether a trucker killed during a robbery at a truck stop in Wyoming qualifies for workers compensation benefits. The court agreed June 14 to hear an appeal from the family of Phillip Shores. The …