Two New England insurers have signed an affiliation agreement that they say will allow them to expand their capital base and combined footprints with agents in most of the six-state region. The agreement brings together Connecticut-based NLC Insurance Cos. and …
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced the first federal rule to specifically provide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protections to people with disabilities who travel on boats and ships. The action comes as the 20th anniversary of the ADA …
Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink was in the middle of a dramatic confrontation at a BP oil spill claims office Tuesday after going to bat for a distraught owner of a bait and tackle shop. Sink, who is a …
The White House offered an explanation Wednesday of how its new independent claims process would work for those harmed by the BP oil spill, including details of a $20 billion escrow account funded by the British oil giant. NEW DAMAGE …
A series of heavy rainstorms has caused rivers and creeks in southern France to rise to unprecedented levels. Flash floods have swept away cars and houses, and directly caused the deaths of at least 20 people, with the toll expected …
A state official says Tennessee has made some headway in reducing traffic fatalities among teens. Phillip Doss, director of the state’s Offices of Research and Educational Accountability, commented to The Tennessean newspaper as a national campaign pushes for 16 as …
Two of three men charged with arson in a 2005 fire that destroyed a church pleaded guilty in Barrow County Superior Court in Georgia. Maurice Arnold and Bruce Edward Smith pleaded guilty. Prosecutors say the Rev. Quincy Arnold of Lawrenceville …
BP Plc Wednesday agreed to a demand by U.S. President Barack Obama to pay $20 billion into a special fund to handle claims from its huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill and said it was suspending payment of dividends this …
A Mountain View, Calif., woman and a Hayward, Calif., man have been arrested for suspected auto insurance fraud, the California Department of Insurance reported. Lourdes Ramirez, 56, and her cousin, Christian Monteverde, 22, self surrendered and were booked at the …
Farmers in rain-ravaged southeast South Dakota have lost crops, feed and even calves to flooding caused by several days of heavy rain, but they aren’t losing hope. “Catastrophe is too strong of a word for what we’re dealing with,” Mitchell-area …