Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services stated that its ratings on Japan’s financial institutions and insurance companies “would be unaffected by the debt forgiveness requested by Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) to lenders as part of its bankruptcy procedures under the Corporate …
Gov. Joe Manchin and the state Supreme Court hope to shore up public confidence in a West Virginia judicial system that has been scrutinized by the nation’s highest court and branded a “hellhole” by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Manchin …
State investigators are trying to determine the scope of a check fraud scheme that they say could count hundreds of Minnesota businesses among its victims. The woman at the center of the investigation is a former employee of the Minnesota …
Massachusetts authorities are trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed the 171-year-old West Cummington Congregational Church in the Berkshires. State Fire Marshall Stephen Coan said Monday officials see the Sunday blaze as a “single, stand-alone, devastating fire” in …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) and the College Station Police Department are expanding a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries. The program involves the funding and distribution of signs that read, “LOCK your car, …
An attorney in a lawsuit over a deadly helicopter crash during a movie shoot in eastern Iowa say a settlement resolving all issues has been reached. Dwight James, a Des Moines attorney who acted as mediator, says there will not …
Resolving what could have been a four-month delay to a crucial piece of the levee system around St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, the Plaquemines Parish Council has approved a plan for a small stretch of the project to cross into Plaquemines. …
Marshall, Texas-based Louis A. Williams & Associates Inc. and its affiliate, Marshall Contract Adjusters Inc., added John Brewer as Claims manager. Brewer has more than 20 years of experience in property and casualty claims, having previously worked in claims at …
Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has proposed reassigning investigators to probe workers’ compensation fraud but giving them far broader powers to prevent the misuse of state government funds. The proposal was contained in a $7.8 billion budget plan meant to …
Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd. (CaribRM) has published an updated report on the earthquake in Haiti, which gives precise details concerning the unfolding of the event. It continues with an examination of the damages it caused, both on the ground and …