New York lawmakers are praising the return of trailers full of emergency supplies to Long Island. Trailers containing food, water and generators were removed from Suffolk and Nassau counties after the 2006 hurricane season. At lawmakers’ urging, the Federal Emergency …
A report prepared on behalf of blast victims said a Texas City BP refinery still has the same widespread safety violations that led to a deadly 2005 explosion and could result in another major accident. The blast victims who commissioned …
Little relief from hot weather is expected this week as crews fight to contain a wildfire near an entrance to Yosemite National Park that has destroyed 12 homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 200 others. The blaze had charred …
The Los Angeles Zoo is reopening as investigators probe the cause of a Griffith Park brushfire that forced the evacuation of 4,000 visitors and threatened a breeding facility for endangered California condors. No one was injured in the blaze which …
Seattle, Wash.-based Safeco’s net income dropped nearly $37 million in the second-quarter 2008 over the same time period in 2007, the company reported today. For the second-quarter 2008, Safeco posted net income of $149.5 million. This compares with net income …
Cats can have their nine lives and a deductible, too. An insurance company is allowing Utah customers to add pets to their auto policies. If their dog or cat is injured in an auto accident, the medical treatment can be …
A wildfire is burning through beetle-killed trees in Shoshone National Forest west of Cody, Wyo. Lightning started the fire in the North Absaroka Wilderness. So far, the fire has burned over a couple hundred acres. Forest officials say they’re monitoring …
About 100 veterinarians, animal control officers and emergency responders met in Kansas to learn more about victims often overlooked in disasters — pets and other animals. The training conference is the first for the Kansas State Animal Response Team, formed …
Federal Emergency Management Agency surveyors have begun meeting with some South Dakota county representatives to review damage estimates from early June storms and flooding. President Bush on July 9 signed a disaster declaration to cover repair or replacement of public …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has withdrawn its ‘Api’ (public information) financial strength rating on American Merchants Casualty Co. – a sister company to Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd., Endurance American Specialty Insurance Co., Endurance Reinsurance Corp. of America, and Endurance …