The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) offered the following tips to help consumers avoid problems getting their claims paid: Know Your Policy. Understand what your policy says. The policy is a contract between you and your insurance company. Know …
In response to Gov. Charlie Crist’s budget recommendations for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink expressed concerns over proposals to reduce the Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund. “While I understand the current challenge to find resources …
The fire that blazed through the top of the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas could have been far more damaging had it started elsewhere in the building and not been contained so quickly, according to expert analysis by Risk …
The independent federal agency investigating last year’s deadly propane explosion in Ghent, W.Va. says the store was not in compliance with safety specifications. Lead investigator Jeffrey Wanko says the tank was too close to the Little General store. National Fire …
Students at some northern Iowa schools were served green beans that were part of a recall because they could have been contaminated with botulism. Students in Rockwell-Swaledale and Sheffield-Chapin/Meservey-Thornton schools were served the beans on Jan. 7, Jan. 11 and …
A man who pulled his Jeep out of a tavern parking lot into the path of a speeding car, leading to a crash that killed the car’s passenger, has been charged with vehicular homicide while under the influence. Investigators say …
Hofstra University football players subjected a female staffer to sexual taunts and locked her in a bus bathroom, and the coach downplayed her complaints, the woman said in a lawsuit. Players hollered that they wanted to see assistant athletic manager …
The state is suing a Branford company, while reaching an agreement to collect some $600,000 from four other companies for water pollution. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is suing Atlantic Wire Co. of Branford, accusing it of discharges of toxic waste …
The fire that blazed through the top of the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas last Friday could have been far more damaging had it started elsewhere in the building and not been contained so quickly, according to analysts at …
A female security officer at the state Capitol alleges her co-workers spied on her, harassed her and falsely accused her of disobeying orders. Roberta Everett of Tesuque, in a lawsuit filed in state district court Jan. 18, alleges she was …