City leaders in Johnston, Iowa have decided against earthquake insurance in the wake of two tremors this spring in Illinois and Missouri. The City Council on Tuesday, May 20th rejected spending $4,000 a year for an earthquake policy with a …
An Ohio jury has awarded more than $20 million to a woman whose baby was stuck in her birth canal for 13 hours. On Monday, May 19th, a jury found doctors negligent for trying to push Heather Grow’s 9-pound baby …
A study of workplace accidents in Kansas shows that Wednesday is the most dangerous day to be at work. A 2006 survey by the Kansas Department of Labor found that 2,050 of workplace injuries that required time off happened on …
While more than $216 billion is spent on prescription drugs every year, the upside to this high tab is that prescription drugs have contributed to decreases in more expensive hospital care and physician services. As prescription drug costs, representing 10.3 …
Karen Clark, who developed the first hurricane catastrophe model, has been recognized by a climate change group that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Clark, president and chief executive officer of Karen Clark & Co. in Boston, has been honored …
For many visitors, the first glimpse of New Jersey is a string of industrial plants and refineries in a sea of yellow light along the Turnpike. With the state’s most hazardous chemical facilities so close to its most traveled routes …
Public safety officials have ordered operators of the Yo-Yo amusement ride to stop using the equipment in Massachusetts until a state inspector can examine it. The move by the state Department of Public Safety follows an accident on a Yo-Yo …
Kent County (Delaware) Levy Court commissioners have voted to spend more than $32,000 to pay the legal bills for the plaintiffs who defeated new restrictions on development in the county’s coastal zone. The county’s insurance carrier will pay the plaintiffs …
The Chubb Corp. said it has established a $1 million fund for disaster relief efforts related to the Myanmar cyclone and China earthquake. Chubb said it would contribute $500,000 directly to the American Red Cross for relief efforts connected to …
Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has unveiled its new RMS RiskAnalytics operation, which provides a team of highly skilled analysts to perform catastrophe modeling activities as a seamless extension of a company’s in-house department. RMS said, “Pembroke Syndicate 4000, a leading …