The Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently released estimated damages for Iowa since it was hit in May by devasting tornadoes and widespread flooding. ISO estimates that tornadoes and floods that have struck Iowa since May 25 have caused $235 million …
Federal crop insurance officials say they will allow additional time, until Aug 15, 2008, for submitting acreage reports for all 2008 crop year spring-seeded acreage in areas impacted by flooding and extreme weather conditions. This additional time applies to spring-seeded …
The Irvine, Calif.-based Law Firm of Palumbo Bergstrom LLP launched a new specialty within its insurance defense practice focused on representing insurance carriers with investigating and handling suspect insurance claims. The department works closely with the Special Investigation Units (SIU) …
Police in Alexandria, La., are looking for the vandal or vandals who caused more than $1 million dollars worth of damage at the Conference Center at The Greens. After responding to a call ib the night of June 22, officers …
Thurston County, Wash. applied for more than $800,000 of the $1 million in state grants available to raise homes above flood stage. Thurston County would use the money to elevate 37 homes near the Chehalis River at Rochester. They would …
More than 840 wildfires sparked by an “unprecedented” lightning storm are burning across Northern California, alarming the governor and requiring the help of firefighters from Nevada and Oregon. A top state fire official standing at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s side offered …
A bill backed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal that aims to reform the state’s workforce development system won final legislative approval, the Louisiana Department of Labor announced. The bill, HB 1104, requires the Louisiana DOL to integrate workforce development programs …
The Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. The nation’s highest court ruled that the punitive damages should …
New Jersey lawmakers have approved a number of major changes to the Garden State’s workers’ compensation insurance system. The reforms comprise a package of six bills passed earlier this week by the Assembly and Senate that, among other things, more …
The Lake Delton village board says the Wisconsin Department of Transportation will handle repairs to the breach in the community’s empty lake and adjacent highway with the hope of restoring the lake by next spring. Lake Delton is part of …