A Kentucky lawmaker’s son has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement with the family of a graduate student in a wrongful death suit over a fatal accident after a party in southwestern Kentucky. Attorneys for Burgess Harrison Yonts and the …
The government is investigating a potential fire risk in more than 200,000 Jeep Wranglers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary investigation last week into 2007-2008 model year Wranglers with automatic transmissions. The government has received three complaints …
Scouring an aerial photograph taken three days after Hurricane Camille crashed ashore on Mississippi’s Gulf coast, Richard Rose points to the spot where his father’s body washed into the chimney of a ruined home. Rose was only 10 when one …
The recent series of wildfires that ravaged parts of Spain, France, Greece and Italy in late July may well be symptomatic of the warming trend in global weather patterns according to experts at Lloyd’s of London. “Spain was worst hit …
Hurricane Bill, the first of the 2009 Atlantic season, gathered strength and grew into a dangerous Category 4 storm with sustained winds of up to 135 mph (215 kph) on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Bill posed no …
The most recent bulletin (5:00 am AST) from Miami’s National Hurricane Center warns that Bill has strengthened markedly, and is now a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The NHC said the storm’s center was located about 460 miles, …
The first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season may end up skipping past the United States, leaving insurers to hope that the next ominous storm clouds will come ashore with a silver lining. Insurers can face billions of dollars in …
The Arkansas Insurance Department has issued a reminder that employers should not make direct payments for employees’ medical bills that were incurred on small workers’ compensation claims. The department says it has become aware that some employers are doing just …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A+’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings to Glencoe Insurance Ltd., Stonington Insurance Co., Lantana Insurance Ltd., and Stonington Lloyd’s Insurance Co. (collectively referred to as RenRe Insurance) with stable outlooks. “The …
Tulsa, Okla., police say an accident that left about two dozen people without power in central Tulsa happened after a teenage driver who was sending a text message crashed into a power pole. The accident happened about 8:45 p.m. Aug. …