The federal mine safety agency said it has warned eight mining operations across the country that they may face sanctions as repeat violators of health and safety rules. The list includes coal operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and Alabama, as …
Florida will receive over $318 million in federal assistance to fund recovery efforts from the 2005 Hurricane Season, according to Gov. Charlie Crist. The federal legislation authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay the entire cost of certain hurricane …
Gov. Bob Riley decided to block legislation that would have raised the minimum amount of liability insurance that Alabama motorists must buy because he was concerned it didn’t give policyholders time to comply. Riley’s communications director, Jeff Emerson, said the …
A federal judge in Alabama wants a prominent lawyer involved in a Hurricane Katrina insurance case charged with criminal contempt for what he said was circumventing his order to give up documents secretly copied by two whistleblowers. U.S. District Judge …
The New Jersey Supreme Court has scuttled what little remained of a lawsuit against paint makers by 26 towns and counties that wanted them to cover the cost of removing lead paint, which was banned in 1978 as a health …
The three companies that insure the majority of Protestant churches in America say they typically receive upward of 260 reports each year of young people under 18 being sexually abused by clergy, church staff, volunteers or congregation members. The figures …
Former Maryland attorney general Joseph Curran has accepted an executive position with the Injured Workers Insurance Fund, a quasi-public agency that provides workers’ compensation insurance. Curran, 75, had expressed his interest in the top job at IWIF, which he applied …
The director of the National Hurricane Center, who has been outspoken in warning about an aging satellite used for hurricane forecasting, was chastised by a superior for his comments. Bill Proenza has been talking about the QuikScat satellite since taking …
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has published an analysis – “Two New Italian Laws Regarding Insurance Settlement And Distribution Set To Jolt Insurers” – which examines the impact they will have on motor claim settlements and insurance distribution. They “are …
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against two Champaign County medical clinics, alleging the facilities denied primary care to new patients who were covered by Medicaid. The antitrust lawsuit against Carle Clinic Association of Urbana and Christie …