Joseph Sher blamed much of the damage to his New Orleans apartment complex on water that inundated the city when levees failed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He sued Lafayette Insurance Co. after the insurer denied most of his …
Tennessee officials arrested a man on suspicion of setting a fire in the elevator of a dormitory at Knoxville’s University of Tennessee. Authorities have not identified the man or said if he was a student. Greve Hall was evacuated Sunday …
A judge has refused to reduce charges against three men accused of burning down a mosque in Columbia, Tenn. Defense attorneys argued unsuccessfully Monday that the charges should be reduced to arson, instead of arson of a religious building. The …
Several firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation, but no other injuries were reported as fires whipped by fierce winds charred thousands of acres of Oklahoma grassland and destroyed buildings and vehicles. At least two of the fires occurred in neighboring …
Today marks a significant anniversary in the history of insurance: 110 years since the first auto insurance policy. That policy was sold in 1898 by Traveler’s Insurance Co. to Dr. Truman Martin of Buffalo, N.Y., according to the U.S. Census …
Firefighters across West and Central Texas continued to battle wildfires Tuesday that burned at least 200,000 acres, injured several people and forced the temporary evacuation of the 1,500 residents of Robert Lee, Texas, an official with the Texas Forest Service …
Chattanooga, Tenn. Fire Marshall, Craig Haney, said the night club where a deck collapsed and injured at least 25 people never had a permit for any upstairs renovations. Police said that about 100 people were standing on a wooden deck …
Vandals caused about $13,000 in damage to a Louisville, Ky., school and closed classes while crews cleaned up the mess. Louisville police say students at DeSales High School stayed home Monday after vandals sprayed fire extinguishers throughout the school, wrecked …
March 24, 2008, is the last day that the Oregon Insurance Division is accepting public comment on its proposed rulemaking to implement 2007 legislation related to workers’ compensation insurance. The proposed amendments will incorporate the National Council on Compensation Insurance …
Marsh announced the appointment of Neil Greaves as Leader of its Forensic Accounting and Claims Services (FACS) Practice in the UK, based in London. He will “drive the development of FACS’s UK business portfolio, providing a full range of claims …