West Virginia is taking a closer look at 18 fly ash impoundments to make sure the dams are structurally sound and built to current safety standards. Fourteen of them are active. Department of Environmental Protection Director Randy Huffman says he …
City officials in Lexington, Kentucky are suing an insurance company they say has failed to pay lawsuit settlements in a child molestation case. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported the Urban County Government filed suit against Icarom, based in Ireland, saying the …
Specialty Risk Services (SRS), a property-casualty third party administrator for workers’ compensation and liability claims, has appointed Frank Shmays as director of Business Development. Shmays has been with SRS for more than 10 years. He joined the company in 1998 …
“The string of natural catastrophes that wreaked havoc in 2008, costing the global economy $225 billion and leaving insurers with their second costliest year in history, graphically highlights the increasing risks to businesses of extreme weather events,” begins an article …
A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “b” from “bb-” of Canada’s Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFSI) and Kingsway America Inc. (KAI), which is headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Ill. Best also affirmed its ratings on …
Ohio-based Great American Insurance Company and its policyholder have reached an agreement with respect to all outstanding issues relating to the availability of excess insurance coverage for lawsuits brought by families of individuals who died in a 2007 Houston building …
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed two barns at a western New York farm, causing about $2 million in damage. The fire broke out about 3 a.m. Monday at McCormick Farms in the Wyoming County town …
The chairman of the Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee says 2009 should be the year when Minnesota passes legislation to allow authorities to ticket any motorist for not buckling up. The so-called primary seat belt legislation has failed for the past …
The Washington Attorney General’s Office has issued a warning about schemes targeting Washington residents whose homes were damaged by recent floods. According to the AG’s office, Snohomish County Emergency Management received a report of a scammer who phoned a homeowner …
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has filed a lawsuit to recover $4.13 million in lost wages, benefits and penalties from a drywall contractor who “cruelly and illegally” violated the rights of its workers by prohibiting them from taking …