Police say a homemade bomb was used to start a fire that damaged a pizzeria at a Long Island strip mall. No one was injured at Apizza Italy in the Handy Pantry Shopping Center on Route 112 in Coram. The …
Companies are increasingly wanting to avoid embarrassing internal emails containing concerns that an important product may be harmful, or documents that could attract the attention of an ambitious prosecutor. The Medical Technology Learning Institute and Compliance- Alliance is offering: “Dangerous …
Michigan regulators have taken preliminary votes to advance mandatory workplace ergonomics standards for businesses in the state over the objections of the business community. The votes by the General Industry Safety Standards Commission (GISSC) and Occupational Health Standards Commission (OHSC) …
The Mississippi Insurance Department’s wind mitigation program has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Mississippi Development Authority and Governor Haley Barbour’s office. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said the grant will be used to fund a hurricane home mitigation …
North Dakota Rep. Lawrence Klemin recalls the driver who pulled alongside him at a stoplight recently, eyes down, thumbs frantically working a tiny keyboard that was propped on the steering wheel. “When the stoplight changed to green, they took off, …
With the world’s attention focused on the US Airways Airbus emergency landing in the Hudson River and the successful rescue of passengers, the insurance industry points out that the commercial airlines industry has a “remarkable safety record.” According to the …
American International Group Inc. said Friday it was the lead insurer on the US Airways passenger jet that went down in Manhattan’s Hudson River on Thursday. An AIG spokesman, John Jones, said he could not provide details on the value …
Foreclosures grew by 50.1 percent in 2008 over the previous year in Oklahoma, a new survey has found. RealtyTrac, a real estate data service, estimates in its report that 12,465 properties, or 0.78 percent of all homes in the state, …
A New York man who hurt his eye on the job faces insurance fraud charges after authorities say he falsely filed for workers compensation benefits — on the wrong eye. Authorities say Clyde Stroman, 53, of Elmira, received workers’ compensation …
A report says the site of the giant Xanadu shopping and entertainment center under construction in the Meadowlands is contaminated. A project engineer says the environmental hazards could remain. The report, first described in The Record of Bergen County, says …