State agencies are updating Virginia’s hurricane evacuation plan based on the preliminary findings of a federal study that paints a “worst-case scenario.” The study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began in 2000. It found that more people than …
Nine insurance companies should cover the costs assessed to the former Appleton Papers Inc. for cleanup of the industrial chemical PCBs in the Lower Fox River, a jury decided Monday. After a five-week trial, the jury took just four hours …
State and federal officials touted changes to the process for Louisiana communities to appeal decisions by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on funding to rebuild schools, roads, hospitals and other infrastructure damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The FEMA recovery …
Dozens of people are waking up in a Red Cross shelter after a fast-moving fire roared through an apartment building in San Francisco’s Mission District. Authorities say at least 59 people were displaced after the fire that began in the …
D.C. fire officials said a fire that tore through a Mount Pleasant apartment building and a church next door caused at least $20 million in damage. The apartment building has been shored up, and investigators continue to work at the …
Glenn Pomeroy, former North Dakota insurance commissioner, has been hired as the new director of the California Earthquake Authority. The Sacramento-based authority provides earthquake insurance coverage to California homeowners and suggests ways to reduce the risk of earthquake loss, an …
Marsh announced that it is undertaking a series of workshops around the UK to provide business leaders with the skills and information they need to manage their risk and insurance responsibilities under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that its ratings and outlook on Germany’s Allianz SE (AZSE) [currently ‘AA’/Stable/’A-1+’] and related entities “are not affected by the group’s plans to separate the wholesale and retail-banking businesses of its Germany-based banking subsidiary …
Federal agents have arrested the owners of a Danbury , Connecticut insurance firm, accusing them of laundering nearly $10 million. Renata Amaral and Monica Teixeira are accused of laundering the money between Brazil and the United States in black market …
NASA has released the findings from its most recent satellite observations, which, taken in conjunction with other reports, confirms that “the Arctic is still on ‘thin ice’ when it comes to the condition of sea ice cover in the region. …