The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department is looking for tha parties responsible for kicking in all the doors on a marked Sheriff’s car. The damage from the incident last month was estimated to be more than $2,000.
Running water caused flood damage in the Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Building at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The water was left running over the weekend from an eyewash shower. Investigators are trying to determine if it was an …
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that Alcoa Inc. can be sued in the asbestos-related death of a former worker’s daughter. The Pittsburgh-based company had argued that it should not be held responsible for Maryville resident Amanda Satterfield’s cancer. Satterfield …
The LSU AgCenter compiled preliminary estimates of the agriculture and fisheries losses caused by Hurricane Gustav. A look at the estimated losses and the percent of crop value: AGRICULTURE Rice, $29.3 million, 7.56 percent. Corn, $45.8 million, 10.74 percent. Sorghum, …
The Louisiana Department of Insurance on Sept. 10 issued Emergency Rule 24, which addresses premium renewals, cancellations, claim filings and other insurance-related matters affecting Louisiana citizens impacted by Hurricane Gustav, which made landfall in that state on Sept. 1. The …
A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of Response Insurance Group and its following members under review with positive implications: Response Insurance Company, Connecticut Life & Casualty …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of Greenlight Reinsurance, Ltd. as well as the ICR of “bbb-” of Greenlight Re’s holding company parent, Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. …
The crane company involved in a fatal accident at Kansas City Power & Light’s Iatan power plant in Platte County has been fined $14,000 for two serious violations. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration cited Maxim Crane Works, based in …
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued has upheld a judgment of $182.9 million in a malpractice case against the accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers for its dealings with the failed Ambassador Insurance Co. Ambassador Insurance Co. (a Vermont domiciled surplus …
Hurricane Ike gathered strength as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico’s warm waters Thursday on a track that would skirt the heart of the U.S. offshore oil patch before slamming into the Texas coast late Friday or early Saturday. …