Two moderate earthquakes shook the Mogul-Somerset area just west of Reno, Nev., on April 24, 2008, according to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory. While there were no immediate reports of damage, the Laboratory predicts aftershocks will continue to be felt for …
Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has proposed adopting rules that would require fingerprints of a person applying for issuance or renewal of a license as an insurance producer, insurance consultant, adjuster, life settlement provider or life settlement broker, …
Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Mutual Casualty Company announced today the promotion of J. Paul McCaffrey, Jr. to vice president, chief risk officer, a newly-created position at the company. Previously, McCaffrey was serving as vice president, finance, a position he has held …
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company (NYSE:HRH) reported total revenues were up 4.4 percent for first quarter 2008 over the same period in 2007, but net income for the first quarter decreased 38.5 percent HRH reported that total revenues were $206.8 …
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced a decrease in workers’ compensation rates effective July 1, 2008. Since the passage of an all-encompassing workers’ compensation legislative reform package in 1993, along with the implementation of high workplace standards and aggressive …
Wisconsin drivers apparently aren’t heeding the message of one of America’s biggest brewers, located in their own backyard. Nor are residents in some neighboring states. Miller Brewing Co. urges people to “Respect the Road.” Wisconsin has the worst drunken driving …
A federal jury has awarded a Sioux City woman more than $250,000 in a harassment case. The jury sided with Jaymie Quigley, who accused her landlord of sexually harassing her and withholding her rent deposit. She filed the lawsuit in …
A North Platte woman accused of stealing from a clinic and defrauding an insurance company will stand trial on fraud and theft charges. Sherri Smith has pleaded not guilty to theft and fraud counts in Lincoln County District Court. Police …
Indiana is appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of assistance to governments in 13 northern counties hit by flooding earlier this year. Department of Homeland Security spokesman John Erickson says individual residents who applied for aid have already begun …
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance announced the state’s locksmith licensing program and said all locksmiths in Tennessee must be licensed by July 1. During the 2007 legislative session, the Tennessee General Assembly postponed the effective date of this …