Police officers in Texas will have one less blank to fill out while investigating traffic accidents this year, the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud reported. The form will no longer contain phone numbers for crash victims. The change was made …
Policyholders may not be entitled to recover any money from a sweeping antitrust lawsuit that former Attorney General Charles Foti filed against some of the nation’s largest insurers after Hurricane Katrina, a plaintiffs lawyer said April 2. Foti, who teamed …
Governor Mike Beebe, after consulting with Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) Director David Maxwell and Arkansas State Health Officer Dr. Paul Halverson, has decided that Arkansas will accept FEMA mobile homes for use by Arkansas storm victims as temporary …
Vincent A. Alba, vice president of MRW Group Inc. in Huntington, New York, has been given the Barney Burns Award by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. The award recognizes the insurance agent or broker who makes the …
A 26-count indictment was returned against a Montgomery, Ala. insurance executive. Louis Franklin, acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, said a federal grand jury charged John W. Goff with mail fraud, embezzlement, conspiracy and making false statements …
Most high schoolers will soon be barred from operating thrill rides in Kentucky after a grisly accident last year severed the feet of a girl at a Louisville amusement park. The state Senate voted 37-0 on Tuesday night for final …
Police in New Milford, Connecticut say an employee at a composting plant has lost his arm in an industrial accident. The victim, whose name hasn’t been released, is identified by police only as a 29-year-old Danbury man. Police say the …
The mystery of a tire that plunged from the sky and crashed through the roof of a Monroe, Ga. home now has an explanation. Federal Aviation Administration officials told home owner Mark Brown on Tuesday that the wheel plummeted to …
A federal appeals court tossed out an $800 billion class-action lawsuit against tobacco companies Thursday brought by smokers who said they were deceived into believing “light” cigarettes were healthier. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said the …
A roommate-finding site cannot require users to disclose their sexual orientation, a U.S. appeals court in California ruled Thursday, in the latest skirmish over whether anti-discrimination rules apply to the Web. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Roommates.com, …