University of Iowa researchers have found that school buses are among the safest forms of road transportation in Iowa. Jingzhen (Ginger) Yang, Ph.D., assistant professor of community and behavioral health in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, and …
In real estate, the three key factors are location, location and location. In claim negotiation, the three crucial elements are communication, communication and communication. Even in an increasingly technological age, claim representatives conduct much of their work and communication in …
The commercial lines insurance market showed more signs of price stabilization in the last quarter of 2008. Commercial insurance prices saw just a slight decline of 3 percent during the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the same quarter a …
A bill introduced into the Oklahoma State Senate that provides tax credits for victims of the Feb. 10, 2009, storms that destroyed dozens of homes and businesses and caused multiple fatalities is now headed to the House of Representatives. Sen. …
Ohio’s Feb. 11-12 windstorm caused at least $88.9 million in damages, based on preliminary insured loss estimates from the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), an insurance industry trade group. Widespread losses were reported by a number of Ohio insurers. Unseasonably warm …
The nation’s food safety system is a “hazard to public health” and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said as filled the top job at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Obama used his weekly radio and video address …
Indiana health officials say most of Monroe County’s swimming pools, spas and whirlpools don’t comply with a new federal law requiring them to be fitted with special drain covers to prevent children from drowning or sustaining gruesome injuries. Of the …
A federal jury has awarded $7.5 million to an Iowa man who claimed his lungs were damaged by working with buttery flavoring used to make microwave popcorn. The verdict in favor of 69-year-old Ronald Kuiper came a day after the …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on French-based reinsurer SCOR SE and its core guaranteed subsidiaries (collectively SCOR or the group) to ‘A’ from ‘A-‘. The outlook on all of …
Nineteen people are facing charges in Tulare County, Calif., after a two-day sting operation targeting contractors operating without a license. Officials with the Contractors State License Board say the sting was part of a wider effort to catch unlicensed contractors …