South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long says the 24/7 program he started in 2004 has resulted in more than 800,000 Breathalyzer tests. The program, which monitors people convicted of drunk driving by checking their breath daily, has had participation from …
Flooding in Indiana earlier this month destroyed at least 184 homes and damaged as many as 700 others, the American Red Cross said Friday. The relief agency said more than 100 other homes were still inaccessible because of high water. …
Business Management Group Inc., a subsidiary of The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has appointed three new consultants to the company’s consulting team. Jackie A. Johnson, a 24-year industry veteran, will serve as senior vice president and will focus on …
A new AAA survey finds strong support for child safety seat laws, but the agency says more needs to be done to protect children. AAA Mid-Atlantic says about one hundred children under the age of five still die nationwide each …
About 150 people were left homeless in Lawrence, Mass. as a massive blaze that started in an empty downtown nightclub early Monday quickly spread through 15 buildings, including apartments and a home for the mentally disabled. One person was injured …
Suspended drivers represent a small minority of all motorists but are involved in a disproportionately large number of serious highway crashes in Maine, the Maine Sunday Telegram reported. After analyzing records from a statewide database of 160,000 motor-vehicle crashes from …
The Supreme Court last Friday said it would rule on an appeal by MetLife Inc. in a case that could make employee benefit plans more expensive. The dispute centers on whether insurance companies such as MetLife have a conflict of …
The Maine fire marshal’s office is investigating a fire at the upscale Stage Neck Inn in York a year after another fire damaged the oceanfront resort hotel. York Village Fire Chief Chris Balentine estimated the damage from last week’s fire …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed Ambac Assurance Corp.’s financial strength, financial enhancement, and issuer credit ratings and Ambac Financial Group Inc.’s senior unsecured, issuer credit, and hybrid security ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications. S&P also placed the …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) of Jamaica International Insurance Company Limited (JIIC) with a stable outlook. “The ratings reflect JIIC’s favorable capitalization, profitable …