Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott warned Gulf Coast residents to be wary of price gouging, charity scams and other fraudulent attempts to bilk consumers in the aftermath of Hurricane Humberto. The AG released the warning after Gov. Rick Perry issued …
Truck inspectors will be fanning out across Connecticut this week to look for safety violations on tractor-trailers and other large commercial trucks in response to another serious crash on Avon Mountain. Thirty inspectors will be deployed to highways and other …
Typhoon Wipha, the season’s 13th named storm in the Western Pacific, is on a course to come ashore on the Chinese mainland early Wednesday morning, local time. The storm is currently over open water north of Taiwan. Sustained winds of …
A massive natural gas explosion in Philadelphia, Miss., leveled a medical clinic, injured nine people and shattered windows at a nearby hospital, authorities and witnesses said. No fatalities were reported. The medical clinic, which contained four doctors’ offices, was gutted …
Indianpolis-based the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently named David L. Lehman, president of Mennonite Mutual Insurance Co., Orrville, Ohio, as the 2007 recipient of the Chairman’s Award. The award was created to recognize leadership, accomplishment, and outstanding …
San Diego, CA – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency’s, Inc. new Professional Liability Division joins the company’s portfolio of nationwide products by offering Accountants Professional Liability, Insurance Agents Professional Liability and Miscellaneous Professional Liability. The programs were formerly affiliated with London …
The state of Iowa will receive federal funds to recover from severe storms that began last month. President Bush declared 14 Iowa counties as disaster areas. He granted funding to state and local governments and some private nonprofit groups to …
The Insurance Marketing Communications Association (IMCA) named its 2007/2008 slate of directors and officers, with Cora Barran of Farmers Insurance Group continuing as IMCA president for her second year. Barran is director of advertising for Farmers Insurance Group in Los …
Katarina Holstein has been promoted to claims operations manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Los Angeles Claims Services in Glendale. Holstein began her State Fund career when she was hired as an office assistant in the organization’s Woodland Hills …
Firefighters continued to battle out-of-control wildfires that forced thousands of people out of their homes in California’s San Bernardino and San Diego counties. An 18,000-acre fire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest started last week Friday, and was pushed …