A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a+” to Bermuda-based MS Frontier Reinsurance Ltd. (MS Frontier) with stable outlooks. MS Frontier is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui Sumitomo …
Officials said San Francisco is not liable for the death of a San Jose, Calif., teenager who was attacked by an escaped tiger on Christmas Day at the San Francisco Zoo. The city instead referred a claim filed by the …
President Bush is making additional federal disaster assistance available to Iowa to help with the deadly storms and flooding that have ravaged the state since late May. Under an order signed on on June 30, the federal share of total …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening two disaster recovery centers in eastern Missouri to help those affected by recent Mississippi River flooding. The centers will are at the Clarksville Visitors Center and the the Winfield-Foley Fire Station No. 3. …
Basking Ridge, N.J.-based information company Hooper Holmes reports it has sold Claims Evaluation Division (CED), a unit providing independent medical exams primarily for automobile and workers’ compensation insurance carriers for use in evaluating claims. The company said the sale was …
A federal judge has ruled a company that designs airport maps and charts won’t have to face trial in the liability case stemming from a deadly Comair plane crash in Kentucky two years ago. Judge Karl Forester’s summary judgment in …
A West Virginia judge has approved a settlement between families of coal miners involved in the deadly Sago Mine explosion and companies that made and distributed concrete foam blocks used at the West Virginia mine. Burrell Mining Products and Raleigh …
When it comes to the risks of identity theft, the U.S. government isn’t taking its own advice. The nation’s Medicare agency and the Pentagon compel at least 52 million Americans to carry their Social Security numbers in their wallets, contrary …
The West Virginia Supreme Court has revived a pair of lawsuits seeking damages from timber, mining and land companies for devastating 2001 floods. The court reinstated a 2006 jury verdict that improper logging practices allowed by two timberland owners helped …
Federal maps used by most New Hampshire communities to determine the scope of once-per-century floods are sometimes decades out of date. A study recommends updating them to steer development away from risky areas. “If you have a house you think …