In the midst of a winter storm that has left hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians without electricity, a minor earthquake has hit in southeastern Kentucky. The University of Kentucky’s Kentucky Geological Survey Web site says the magnitude 3.1 quake occurred …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Allstate Corp.’s core property-liability (Allstate Protection) and life insurance (Allstate Financial) companies to ‘AA-‘ from ‘AA’. S&P also lowered its counterparty credit rating on Allstate …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Bermuda-based Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. (RenRe) and Dublin-based Renaissance Reinsurance of Europe. Best also affirmed the ICR of “a-” and …
A Canadian trucking company is suing New Hampshire’s Department of Transportation, alleging its failure to clear ice and snow off Interstate 93 led to the death of a 6-year-old boy. Brendon Mahoney was killed in February 2007 when his mother’s …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of an Edgecombe County man. The warrant alleges Johnny Harper, Jr., 26, of Hobgood, N.C., collected two settlements for one auto insurance claim. Goodwin said Harper was arrested by Department of …
When the question was posed — ever worry that the sport you love could ruin your brain? — Hines Ward shrugged it off as though it was nothing more than one of those pesky cornerbacks trying to keep him from …
New Jersey has paid $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a Cape May County woman whose daughters died in a car crash with a state trooper. Maria Caiafa’s lawyer says the state made no admission of culpability. Lewis …
The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a former high school cheerleader cannot sue a teammate who dropped her while practicing a stunt in a case closely watched in the cheerleading world. Brittany Noffke was a cheerleader at Holmen High School when …
You’re cheering on your favorite team in the Big Game, but the next minute you are choking on a chicken wing. It turns out injuries are not limited to the playing field on Super Bowl Sunday. “I’ve seen a number …
The nation will soon have a new online computer system to help protect states and consumers from automobile fraud and to provide law enforcement with new tools to investigate fraud, theft, and other crimes involving vehicles. The U.S. Department of …