Insurers caution public policymakers to not conclude that auto insurance premiums should be reduced because the high price of gas may be lowering the number of miles driven. Based on a new paper by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of …
Authorities in an Albany-area city are assessing the damage from flooding caused by heavy rains. Fire officials say Monday’s flooding in Rensselaer, across the Hudson River from Albany, submerged numerous cars and forced 27 people from their homes. First Assistant …
Morristown, New Jersey-based PGI Commercial has launched a comprehensive insurance program for self-storage facilities, with coverage provided by member companies of Argonaut Insurance Group. The program conprises a business owner’s policy that can include property, general liability and crime. Customer …
The Connecticut Insurance Dept said it has recovered $630,000 on behalf of policyholders from complaints resolved in the second quarter of this year. Department staff received 1,372 new complaints and inquiries in the second quarter, down slightly from near 1,500 …
A Pittsburgh man has been convicted of his 11th drunken driving offense. Forty-four-year-old Robert Neville tried to convince an Allegheny County judge that he wasn’t drinking and driving. Neville’s brother even testified that an open beer found in the car …
A news disaster recovery center has been opened in Sebastian, Texas, with Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) staff on hand to assist South Texas consumers with Hurricane Dolly-related insurance issues. The new DRC opens in Sebastian on Aug. 13, and …
Storms in New Orleans halted work to clean up oil spilled along the Mississippi River as the Coast Guard prepared Aug. 11 for a hearing about who is to blame for the wreck that caused the spill in late July. …
Criminal charges were being considered against a Houston motorcoach owner and president whose bus crashed in north Texas killing 17 Vietnamese Catholics on their way to a religious festival in Missouri, according to a Harris County prosecutor. “Criminal charges are …
Boom after boom rattled a junkyard in Berkeley County, South Carolina as a fire destroyed 70 old vehicles. Whitesville Fire Chief Tim Stephenson told The Post and Courier of Charleston the fire started shortly before 10 a.m. on Aug. 11 …
A federal judge upheld a gun ban at the world’s busiest airport, dealing a blow to gun rights groups who argued a new Georgia law authorized them to carry weapons in certain parts of the Atlanta airport. U.S. District Judge …