Georgia lawmakers couldn’t agree on cuts to property or incomes taxes this legislative session. But they did manage to usher through legislation to provide $146 million to insurance companies over five years. The insurance lobby pushed hard for the bill, …
An invasive weed that already has infested more than 1 million acres nationwide continues to spread across the parched Southeast, and experts say the region’s drought makes the highly flammable intruder more threatening than ever. Cogon grass, known for its …
The widow of one of the Charleston, S.C. firefighters killed in last year’s Sofa Super Store blaze has sued the store, several furniture makers and other businesses, saying they were negligent in her husband’s death. Attorneys for Heather Baity filed …
Delaware could be getting more red light cameras. The Department of Transportation says state lawmakers are considering adding ten cameras to the 20 already on state roads. State officials say the cameras brought in more than $3 million in fines …
The state Department of Motor Vehicles is setting up a safe driving program for teenagers in response to several fatal car accidents in Connecticut over the past year. Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the Center for Teen Safe Driving will …
ACE Europe announced the launch of the “Elite IV Entity Extension,” an endorsement to its Elite IV Directors & Officers (D&O) cover, which provides increased protection to private companies facing heightened exposures as a result of the recently introduced Corporate …
The Carbon County, Wyo., Commission has declared the entire county a snow disaster area after a severe winter that caused hardship for some ranchers. If the governor approves the disaster declaration, ranchers become eligible for assistance with feed costs if …
The Wisconsin Supreme Court says an insurance company has to pay $500,000 to a man severely injured in a bike accident. The court has upheld a settlement between Acuity and G. Vaughn Stone. Stone had insurance through Acuity when he …
A Cedar Rapids landlord who was convicted of insurance fraud has been charged with lying under oath during his civil trial in January. Robert Miell, 53, was ordered by a federal jury to pay up to $1.5 million to the …
A federal grand jury on April 10 indicted a Louisiana state senator on charges he conspired to launder money for a convicted felon accused of operating an illegal insurance business. Derrick Shepherd, a lawyer from the New Orleans suburb of …