Tom Sheffield, Technical Director at Aon, pointed out that businesses are typically at ease with physical security systems, but when it comes to online matters there appears to be a lack of knowledge. Companies must think outside the box and …
Rich nations must come up with billions in new money to help poor countries fight global warming and not just repackage development aid to score diplomatic points, environmentalists at a meeting of top polluters said on Friday. The three-day Japan …
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America and a former subsidiary have agreed to settle 70 lawsuits alleging malpractice by a former West Virginia physician. The total amount of the settlements and attorneys’ fees will not be disclosed for several weeks. …
State arson investigators are looking into a house fire that killed two people in Tennessee’s Cumberland County. The Sheriff’s Department believes the home’s residents, Carol and Darrell Darling, died in the fire on Tuesday morning. The bodies were awaiting an …
A bill making it harder for local governments to install red light cameras ran into a red light of its own on Wednesday in the Georgia Senate. Senators tabled the measure, but not before Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle scolded them …
Firefighters say two Dandridge. Tenn. businesses have been destroyed in a fire and three more are damaged. No injuries were reported in the blaze, which fire officials began fighting just after noon Wednesday. The fire has burned a strip mall, …
Florida ranks the worst in terms of tort costs and litigation risks, while North Dakota ranks the best. In a separate ranking, Colorado has the best tort laws on its books, while Rhode Island has the worst. The free-market think …
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed an executive order Thursday, authorizing an emergency declaration for Columbia County and Lake City in the wake of devastating tornadoes that struck the area earlier this month. On March 7, a line of fast-moving thunderstorms …
The Leavitt Group has named Gregory L. Gates a senior executive in the organization. Gates will provide guidance and deliver quality support to a large section of the company, working with affiliated agencies located in Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. Prior …
A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” and assigned a category NR-5 (Not Formally Followed) to Motor Club Insurance Association of Omaha, Nebr. “These rating actions follow …