A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength ratings (FSR) to D (Poor) from B (Fair) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “c” from “bb” of Tower Hill Preferred Insurance Co., Tower Hill Prime Insurance Co. and Omega Insurance Co. …
A Mississippi company that makes landscaping products faces possible workplace safety and health fines of $79,100 for 14 violations found at its Olive Branch plant. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration also cited Sims Bark Co. and Sims Stone Co. …
Miami-based First Commercial Insurance Co. and its subsidiary have been declared insolvent and ordered liquidated about six weeks after being placed under state control. All policies written by FCIC and its subsidiary, First Commercial Transportation and Property Insurance Co., are …
The family of Vermont State Police Sgt. Michael Johnson can sue the state’s insurance company for as much as $11 million in connection with Johnson’s death during a 2003 car chase. That’s the upshot of a ruling from the Vermont …
Fire department officials are investigating the cause of a three-alarm fire at a Norwich, Connecticut apartment complex that has left 17 people homeless. Nobody was injured in Monday’s fire at Thamesview Apartments. Officials say 11 of the 12 units in …
More than 65 firefighters brought a fire under control at the former Pioneer Plastics plant in Auburn, Maine. No injuries were reported in the fire, reported at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Fire Chief Wayne Werts told the Sun Journal the blaze …
Mold is an ever-present problem following storm flooding and can be a significant health risk if care is not taken, federal and Kentucky officials warn. “People are anxious to get on with their lives after a flood,” said Federal Coordinating …
August 29 will mark four years since Hurricane Katrina pummeled Mississippi. Since then, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and other state and local governments and organizations, has helped the state rebuild. …
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said an area of disturbed weather centered about 470 miles east of Nassau in the Bahamas could become the season’s latest tropical depression, or more likely, tropical storm, later Wednesday. But forecast tracks so far …