A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of Torus Specialty Insurance Company, formerly known as Praetorian Specialty Insurance Company, and has assigned a stable outlook for …
A Hughes County, S.D., jury has awarded $244,000 in damages to a rural Pennington County woman who was injured in a traffic crash in Pierre nearly five years ago. Jodi Mathis, 38, was injured on June 23, 2004, when her …
Maryland State Police say a woman was hit by a car and killed while directing traffic at a construction site on a Somerset County highway. The crash occurred around 9 a.m. Monday on state Route 413 in Marion Station. Police …
Authorities are investigating the death of a worker who became caught in an industrial ice-making machine at a seafood processing plant in New Bedford. A spokesman for the Bristol District Attorney’s office says 40-year-old Joseph Teixeira of New Bedford got …
Police in Dover, Delaware say a 78-year-old man on oxygen treatment was critically burned when he lit a cigarette, igniting the oxygen. Police said the fire began at the home in the 400 block of Nimitz Road around 2:20 p.m. …
Bank crimes are going up, according to the FBI. Between Oct. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008, there were 1,617 robberies of financial institutions, as well as 25 burglaries and three larcenies, the latest FBI statistics show. This represents 1,645 …
Christopher Heyward Williams of Lancaster County, South Carolina pled guilty to presenting false claims of $5,000 or more, according to state officials. The felony is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and/or a fine up to $5,000. Lancaster County …
The Tennessee House has rejected a bill that would have made aggressive driving in the state against the law. “One of the biggest problems on the roadway today is aggressive driving,” said Rep. Eric Swafford, R-Pikeville and the bill’s main …
It has been a busy spring tornado season so far. Storm survey teams say five twisters were spawned by severe storms that moved across Alabama last Sunday. Meteorologists said in Monday night tornadoes touched down in St. Clair, Shelby and …
U.S. home builder Beazer Homes USA Inc. settled a class-action shareholder lawsuit, agreeing to pay $30.5 million, but did not admit any wrong doing, according to court documents. The $30.5 million will be paid by the company’s insurance provider, the …