As millions of U.S. households face financial hardship in the current U.S. recession, retaining existing customers has never been more important. For insurance carriers in terms of long-term profitability, customer retention is tops, according to the J.D. Power and Associates …
Employers would pay higher taxes under a revised proposal Indiana House Democrats presented as a way to fix Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. The taxes employers would pay into the fund overall would be higher than House Democrats originally proposed, …
A reward of $35,000 is being offered for information about the fire that destroyed 70 homes in Midwest City in eastern Oklahoma County two weeks ago. GuideOne Insurance and the Midwest City Police Department announced the reward for information leading …
A Newport Beach, Calif., company is recalling its frozen chocolate-covered bananas, because of concerns the product contained peanuts that could be contaminated with salmonella. L & H Industries announced the recall of 3-ounce packages of “World Famous Gourmet Nutty Nanners …
The Iowa Legislature has overwhelmingly approved a measure allowing victims of consumer fraud to file lawsuits to recover damages they’ve suffered. The measure has been a top priority of Attorney General Tom Miller for nearly two decades. He has noted …
A newly formed coalition is calling on Congress to pass legislation to prohibit forced arbitration clauses that are often found in employment and consumer product contracts. The group says it is not opposed to alternative dispute resolution procedures agreed to …
Not minding the gap on NJ Transit trains can be painful. The Record of Bergen County has found that 58 passengers were hurt last year in accidents involving the gap between trains and station platforms. The gaps vary in width …
A former plant manager at a New Jersey pipe plant was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in prison in a federal investigation into worker safety violations and pollution of the Delaware River. John Prisque of Bethlehem, Pa., was sentenced …
The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office says a fire at a Gardiner church was deliberately set, but damage was minimal and services went on as usual. Investigator Kenneth MacMaster told the Kennebec Journal in Augusta that fires were started at the …
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear the appeal of a Vicksburg lawyer convicted of swindling a pharmaceutical company out of millions over the diet drug Fen-Phen. Robert Arledge was convicted in 2007 and sentenced to six years for his role …