Tropical Storm Danny weakened in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday and was no longer expected to become a hurricane, but it edged closer to the U.S. coast on a path that could take it to Canada’s Atlantic provinces by Sunday. Storm …
California Department of Insurance commissioner Steve Poizner today announced in Los Angeles that recently compiled statistics show that financially desperate residents and scam artists may be committing more automobile insurance fraud to cash in on insurance money. The Department of …
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says two men wanted in connection with a murder in New Orleans were captured after stealing a bait vehicle provided by the Department of Insurance Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (LATIFPA). …
Workers’ compensation insurance provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Company, has returned a $63,128 dividend to the Lone Star Energy (LSE) purchasing group. The insurer said the group has earned more than $315,000 in dividends since 2005, based largely on its favorable …
The Missouri Department of Insurance says two subsidiaries of United Healthcare, based in St. Louis, will pay $536,000 in fines and reopen chiropractic claim files it denied since 2004. Under a settlement with the Missouri Department of Insurance, United Healthcare …
The state Department of Environmental Protection is suing the owners of a former landfill in western Pennsylvania to recover more than $3 million in hazardous waste cleanup costs. The Boldan Landfill operated in an abandoned strip mine in Westmoreland County …
A worker is dead after a construction accident on New York City’s Throgs Neck Bridge. Police say 48-year-old William Barnes was struck by the boom of a small crane mounted on the back of a truck. The cable snapped, pinning …
Officials in western Kentucky have seized settlement money won by jail inmates to pay child support payments. Hopkins County Attorney Todd P’Pool told The Messenger of Madisonville that his office’s child support unit redirected more than $19,000 to 19 families …
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Danny was located about 575 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as of 8 a.m. EDT (Noon GMT) Thursday and packing winds near 60 miles per hour. Danny was headed northwest …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the Best’s Syndicate Rating of ‘A ‘(Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1084. Best also affirmed the ICR of “bbb” of Chaucer Holdings PLC (CHP), the ultimate parent company …