Monthly Archives: <span>April 2008</span>

Colorado Bills Call for Cracking Down on Insurance Industry

Colorado Democrats plan to introduce a package of bills to require health insurance firms to get prior approval for rate hikes, punish them for improper denial of claims and encourage efficiencies. The reform package could drive up auto insurance rates, …

California Legislature Considers Insurance Bills

California’s legislature is considering several insurance-related bills this session. Following is a synopsis, as summarized by the Association of California Insurance Companies, of bills still pending. *Assembly Bill 1866 pased 48-25. The bill would require a retailer that sells a …

Tug, Barge, Collide with Vessel in Alabama Section of Tennessee River

A tugboat pushing a barge near Florence, Ala., collided in darkness with another boat on the Tennessee River, killing at least one person on the second boat. A search on March 28 identified what appears to be the boat’s wreckage …

West Virginia Building on National Historic Register Destroyed by Fire

A bright yellow beacon of the past, a lovingly restored train depot along the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in West Virginia, is gone after 107 years. Fire destroyed the station in Marlinton, W. Va., listed on the National Register of …