Flood-displaced Iowa residents staying in mobile homes provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be charged rent after November, a FEMA spokeswoman said. Crystal Payton, a FEMA spokeswoman in Des Moines, says that such rental charges are standard …
Claims management and information provider Mitchell International, Inc. reported it has acquired Vancouver, Canada-based ClaimTools, a digital camera and photo management system designed to improve auto collision shop operations. ClaimTools manages collision-related photographs so shops can visually document the repair …
A ticket blitz aimed at New York City drivers using handheld cell phones has resulted in police issuing more than 7,500 tickets in 24 hours. Each ticket handed out last Thursday carries a $130 fine. Police did not say how …
New York fire officials say two people have been injured in an explosion that badly damaged a two-story home in the Flushing section of Queens. A Fire Department spokesman says one person was hospitalized with non-life threatening burns and the …
Police in Pennsylvania have issued arrest warrants for six adults and two juveniles for arson-related charges in the city of New Castle which has been plagued by fire. Names of the suspects weren’t immediately available. Police have scheduled a news …
Boston-based AIR Worldwide Corp. (AIR) reported that it has provided risk modeling and analytical services for over 80 percent of the $2.1 billion of catastrophe bonds issued to date in 2009. AIR said it has been the modeling and calculation …
Two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew 150 miles past their destination because they were focused on laptop computers instead of cockpit displays may have opened a new avenue of concern for safety regulators — distracting personal electronic devices on the …
A school district in Mississippi’s Leflore County has been hit with a lawsuit from a student alleging injuries from a paddling. An 11-year-old is seeking $500,000 from the Greenwood Public School District in a suit filed in Leflore County Circuit …
A former top female executive at Anheuser-Busch InBev NV has sued the world’s largest brewer for gender bias, accusing it of paying women less than men while maintaining a “frat party” atmosphere. Francine Katz said she filed the lawsuit Monday …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned its Best’s Syndicate Ratings of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a+” to Lloyd’s Syndicate 3623 and Lloyd’s Syndicate 3622, with stable outlooks. Syndicates 3623 and 3622 are managed by Beazley Furlonge Limited, a …