A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Navigators Insurance Group, which is comprised of Navigators Insurance Company and its wholly owned and 100 percent reinsured subsidiary, Navigators …
A food company is recalling pistachios sold in Los Angeles under the label Wild Rose because they could be contaminated with salmonella. Season Produce Co. of Los Angeles says the packages of roasted and salted shelled pistachios were sold between …
Bail has been denied for an Orange County, Calif., woman accused of helping an ex-NFL linebacker murder her wealthy boyfriend to collect on a $1 million life insurance policy. Nanette Packard McNeal appeared in Superior Court in Newport Beach and …
The Wisconsin Supreme Court says police were within their rights to pull over a drunken driver whose vehicle briefly crossed the center line. The case involves Michael Popke, who was stopped in 2007 in New London after an officer saw …
A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a judge’s ruling that dismissed an engineering firm from a lawsuit involving a Hurricane Katrina damage case. David and Marilyn Aikens, of Pass Christian, Miss., appealed U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter …
A Greeley, Colo., car insurance agent is accused of stealing money from clients and forging their insurance cards. Police say 45-year-old Paula Sylvia Hernandez is suspected of forging cards for 22 clients who paid for car insurance and depositing the …
Florida authorities say a 12-year-old boy crashed a sport utility vehicle after his father asked him to drive. Tampa police say 32-year-old Adrian Kegler was arrested Saturday night after the crash. Officers say Kegler smelled like alcohol. The damage to …
The sour economy might force more people to seek government help evacuating coastal Louisiana ahead of a hurricane this year, officials said this week. Louisiana is planning for some 50,000 people needing to leave on government-secured buses, trains or planes …
Federal disaster loans are available for homeless shelters, libraries and other private nonprofit organizations in West Virginia’s Mingo and Wyoming counties affected by recent storms, flooding and landslides. Nonprofits that don’t provide critical governmental services are eligible for the low-interest …
Officials at a Bolivar County school in Mississippi will have to repair the damage left by a deer who broke through a glass window and left one classroom in shambles. West Bolivar Elementary principal Latonya Calhoun says the school’s janitor …