Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office is warning consumers in areas battered by recent storms to beware of fraudsters seeking to take advantage of storm weary property owners. Investigators in the AG’s Consumer Protection Unit are in northeastern Oklahoma offering …
The Arkansas Appeals Court has overturned a state panel’s decision to deny a Whirlpool workers’ compensation for his on-the-job injuries. The appeals court said the Workers’ Compensation Commission was wrong to reject a neurosurgeon’s opinion that Larry Roberts’ back injuries …
Back-to-back storm systems surprised Central Texas overnight on May 14-15 with intense winds and heavy hail damage in localized areas that has insurance agents and companies responding to thousand of property damage claims. The storms originated in the hill country …
The South Dakota governor has asked for a presidential disaster declaration to help cover the costs from an early May snowstorm in western South Dakota. His office says there was more than $7.5 million in damage to public facilities in …
A Rochester, N.Y. highway and industrial safety products company is paying $375,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by 18 employees. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued executives and sales staff at American Industrial Sales Corp. on behalf …
The three children of a Michigan couple killed in an explosion in the popular Wisconsin vacation area of Door County will receive a settlement worth more than $21 million, according to court documents. The teenage children of Patrick and Margaret …
The owner of a Massachusetts power plant where an explosion killed three workers has been cited for federal safety violations. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Dominion Energy New England. The agency says it failed to take effective steps …
State lawmakers say New York Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to increase doctor oversight and prevent misconduct has a good chance of passing this session — but with changes. Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, a New York City Democrat, says …
Vermont’s Catholic diocese isn’t going to rebuild St. Mary’s Church in Mount Holly, Vermont, which was destroyed by fire in December. Bishop Salvatore Matano delivered the news following a special Mass at St. Patrick’s in Wallingford. Matano says the insurance …
Fitch Ratings has issued a bulletin from its Hong Kong/Singapore offices indicating that “based on preliminary estimates, the earthquake in China is not expected to have a material impact on the balance sheets of the Hong Kong-listed Chinese insurance companies.” …