President Bush has declared a major disaster area in Michigan, making recovery aid available in areas hit by severe storms and flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says Monday’s declaration covers eleven counties affected by the June 6-13 severe weather …
A West Virginia man accused of illegally storing thousands of tires in a Nitro warehouse that caught fire and burned for nearly 24 hours is on trial this week. Ricky Handley’s Kanawha County Circuit Court trial comes more than two …
The wife of a British man who faked his own death played a crucial role in his attempt to fool officials, defraud insurance companies and even deceive their own children, a prosecutor said this week. Anne Darwin was a full …
Delaware fire investigators say a fire at a vacant home in Sussex County earlier this week was intentionally set, the ninth arson at a vacant home in the area over two months. This Monday’s fire was reported around 1:30 a.m. …
A judge in McKean County, Pennsylvania, wants attorneys to submit written arguments August 14 before he determines whether to throw out some evidence against a railroad engineer whose train derailed and polluted a prized trout stream. The attorney for 46-year-old …
A new industry study says that buyers who purchase their auto insurance policies through local agents give significantly higher average satisfaction scores compared with those who purchase policies from call center representatives or via Internet channels. “Buyers who use insurance …
The Supreme Court of Montana has ruled that even a bystander’s claim for bodily injuries can be covered in an insurance policy. According to court documents in Allstate Insurance Co. v. Terry Wagner-Ellsworth and Tiffany Rusk, in February 2000, Wagner-Ellsworth …
The number of cases involved in the E. coli outbreak that prompted Nebraska Beef Ltd.’s recall of 5.3 million pounds of beef could grow. So far 41 illnesses in Michigan and Ohio have been linked to Nebraska Beef’s products. The …
A Santa Fe, N.M., jury has awarded $2.15 million in damages to an Arroyo Seco woman whose earlier default judgment was ignored by an insurance company. Sheila Gentry, 46, sued the Dallas-based Furr’s chain and its insurance carrier, Kemper Insurance …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $2,269,048 dividend to the Texas Construction Association (TCA) workers’ compensation group discount program. The dividend was based on the group’s premium volume and loss ratio. Construction workers had the largest number of fatalities in …