The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) has updated its employer proof of coverage information available through the agency Web site. The coverage database will now be refreshed daily to reflect changes in workers’ compensation coverage for …
The Bush administration wants to limit the situations where drug companies can change warning labels when they know of unsafe conditions without waiting for government approval. But Democrats charge that the recent proposal from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
Medical device maker Stryker Corp. announced earlier this week that it will voluntarily recall certain hip surgery products, a week after it received a warning from regulators. The company is recalling Trident PSL and Hemispherical Acetabular Cups that were made …
Shares of bond insurers rose sharply Thursday on hopes the sector could receive support from a possible bailout orchestrated by New York insurance regulators. Shares of Ambac Financial Group Inc. rose $1.49 (euro1.02), or 10.9 percent, to $15.19 (euro10.36) in …
Governor Mitch Daniels is requesting federal assistance for people affected by flooding earlier this month in northern Indiana. Daniels declared a disaster emergency in the area on Wednesday and sent a letter to President Bush asking for federal aid. Three …
Governor Mitch Daniels is requesting federal assistance for people affected by flooding earlier this month in northern Indiana. Daniels declared a disaster emergency in the area and sent a letter to President Bush asking for federal aid. Three people, including …
The District of Columbia is planning to challenge new maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that would designate a broad section of the city’s center a flood zone. The proposed new flood zone is several blocks wide and includes …
Sumter, S.C., fire officials say a spark from a torch being used to dismantle equipment at a warehouse led to the fire that destroyed the 30,000-square-foot building. Sumter Fire Department investigators said Wednesday the fire at Korn Industries has been …
The son of an Alabama legislator is one of two men charged with arson and attempted burglary in what Cullman County authorities say is an investigation of suspicious fires in the Hanceville, Ala., area. Jerrod Heath Fite, 20, and Justin …
Prosecutors reached a $458 million settlement with contractors over tunnel defects that caused a fatal 2006 accident but a small contractor that isn’t involved in the agreement says it unfairly spares the most responsible party from criminal charges. Under the …