A predawn fire Sunday that began in a vacant apartment building also destroyed four other structures in Rumford, Maine’s Virginia section. No injuries were reported in the blaze that was spotted by a neighbor around 3 a.m. Firefighters arrived to …
Arson is unlikely in a northwest Georgia church fire that broke out early on July 6 – Georgia’s third church fire in less than two weeks, investigators said. Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said investigators at Faith …
New eValue-MCV™ Automated Valuation Tool replaces the CostWorks® Valuator for Insurance for RSMeans Clients in U.S., Canada Stamford, Conn. – e2Value, Inc., a leading provider of Insurance-to-Value Internet applications, and RSMeans, the foremost provider of construction cost data in North …
Sarasota, Fla.-based Tropics Software Technologies promoted Jonathan Chan to Senior Software Engineer. The company, specializing exclusively in the workers’ compensation industry, also promoted Lorna Fleener to Product Support Analyst and Peter Burroughs to Senior Product Support Technician. Source: Tropics Software …
Kan. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger recently announced the results of an investigation of insurance fraud by her department’s Anti-Fraud Division. According to the Prager, former insurance agent, Ronald E. Hummel was sentenced in District Court in Stafford County for one …
Thousands of coastal North Carolina residents could see insurance rates surge this fall as state regulators weigh higher insurance costs against the rising cost of protecting homes. The North Carolina Building Code Council has balked at new international building codes …
Most of the backup generators that Florida lawmakers promised would be installed in hurricane shelters for the state’s most fragile residents by the start of hurricane season have not been installed and won’t be until the season is over, authorities …
Tri-City Brokerage, a division of BISYS Commercial Insurance Services Inc., announced the launch of its environmental insurance practice, Tri-City Environmental. This new division will focus on providing risk solutions to address liabilities associated with the discovery and cleanup of known …
The U.S. property/casualty industry followed record profits in 2006 with continued favorable trends in first quarter 2007, posting net income after taxes of $16.7 billion. An underwriting gain of $8.0 billion and net investment income of nearly $14 billion propelled …
First Advantage Investigative Services, a provider of professional investigative services and a subsidiary of First Advantage Corp., announced that Michael R. Bluntach has joined the company as the West Coast regional surveillance manager. Working from an office in Orange, Calif., …