The number of workers killed on the job annually dropped to a historic low in 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday. The number of worker deaths dropped to 5,488 last year — the fewest since the Bureau of …
A settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit that led to a bribery conviction for Mississippi-based anti-tobacco lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and several associates, an attorney said. Oxford attorney Grady Tollison did not disclose the terms of the recent …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit rating of “aa” of UK-based Allianz Insurance plc (AZI) with a stable outlook. Best stated: “AZI’s stand-alone risk-adjusted capitalization is expected to remain excellent during …
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. has teamed with the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm, to launch the Privacy Breach Index, a benchmarking tool that can measure a company’s response to data loss or theft, especially when …
Jane Thompson stands with her hands on her hips, looking up at a lilac-colored house. It’s the house where Thompson and her family were living at the time of the flood. She’s on Rushford’s main drag, just a block from …
The federal government has decided not to buy a handful of flood-prone homes in Merrimack, New Hampshire. In December, 10 homeowners and the town applied for a federal buyout program where the government buys hard-to-sell properties. The homeowners want to …
The Texas Residential Construction Commission should be abolished because it is ineffective and frustrates homeowners trying to get builders to address defects in their homes, according to a state agency review. Created in 2003, the agency does not have the …
Hawaii’s disaster warning system is getting an $8 million upgrade. The money will be used to upgrade existing Civil Defense sirens and to install new solar-powered sirens, with a focus on tsunami inundation zones. Gov. Linda Lingle said that the …
A police officer has settled his retaliation lawsuit against a Pittsburgh suburb for a small fraction of the $2 million he sought. Pleasant Hills borough officials say their insurance company is paying $52,500 to settle Bryan Frankenfield’s lawsuit. Frankenfield sued …
As Tropical Storm Fay remains relatively static over northeast Florida, a tropical storm warning remains in effect from Fort pierce, Florida to the border between Georgia and South Carolina. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist requested a federal emergency declaration in a …