Washington, D.C.transportation officials are studying changes along key commuting routes as they try to improve pedestrian safety in Washington. The city’s new pedestrian plan would end the reversible middle lane on 16th Street in northwest D.C. — through pedestrian-heavy Mount …
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has carved out a reputation for pro-business rulings in a series of important decisions. In its recently ended term, the high court threw out the largest punitive damages award in U.S. history …
Tracy Lansaw’s job is to keep county firefighters in shape, but she’s saving their lives as well. Lansaw is the Anne Arundel County Fire Department’s fitness coordinator, which means she helps them with nutritional education and workout advice. She trains …
The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud awarded Los Angeles County Assistant District Attorney Albert H. MacKenzie its inaugural Prosecutor of the Year award, based on his courtroom strategy that prosecutes insurance swindlers using Al Capone-style tax fraud. “This creative courtroom strategy …
More than 100 Florida firefighters extinguished a massive fire on a cargo ship on the Miami River. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said the fire burned for three hours July 5 while crews worked to put out the flames on the ship. …
Ontario, Ca. Alpha Risk Insurance Services acquired Pacific Way Insurance Services in Ontario, California on June 20th, terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Pacific Way www.pacificway.net was founded in 2004 by Karen Cancilla as a small Commercial Lines Agency. …
Experts say it’s impossible to identify firefighters with a penchant for arson, but the problem is widespread enough to prompt a program to educate fire chiefs about it. In Pennsylvania, state fire marshal David Klitsch put together the Hero to …
Given that the industry is being squeezed to maximum capacity by unprecedented demand and rising equipment, commodities and labour costs, under-insurance could prove disastrous for power companies when the time comes to make a claim. This is one of the …
Fitch Ratings has assigned an ‘AA-‘ rating to Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) Finance Corp.’s $625 million series 2008A revenues bonds. Fitch said the rating is based on the breadth and stability of the revenue streams that constitute the pledged …
Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services’ Workers’ Compensation Division received notification of 35 compensable fatalities in 2007, the third lowest number reported since the state began tracking the statistic in 1943. According to DCBS’ statistics, the construction industry faced …