Recently, Leads360 published a breakthrough study explaining how many times your company should be calling each of leads that it purchases or generates. We received a lot of great feedback, but one of the questions that commonly came up was, …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its subordinated debt rating on Avalon Re Ltd.’s Class C notes to ‘D’ from ‘CC’. S&P explained that “paid losses related to Hurricane Katrina and the explosion at the Buncefield oil depot totaled …
The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that an Ohio trial court may assert jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in a defamation case involving Internet postings, according to a slip opinion released by the Supreme Court on June 10. In …
A Milford, Neb., woman accused a third time for stealing money from an employer has been sentenced to two to three years in prison for embezzling from her current employer, an insurance firm. Tonya S. Kelley’s had pleaded no contest …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says four counties in Arkansas have been designated as natural disaster areas because of losses caused by severe weather. The agency announced June 9 that Faulkner, Lonoke, Mississippi and Woodruff counties were chosen because of …
The family of a Mineral Wells, Texas, man who died after a 2007 explosion at a natural gas processing plant in Hood County has been awarded $82.5 million in damages. Houston-based Exterran Energy Solutions L.P., formerly Hanover Compression L.P., will …
Indiana’s farm fatalities decreased last year for the first time in three years. An annual report by Purdue University shows that 20 Indiana residents died last year in farm-related accidents, down from 28 in 2008 and 24 in 2007. The …
With the heat index between 105 to 110, heat-related illnesses have been by far the main problem treated at the West Jefferson Medical Center first aid tent on Grand Isle, La., for oil spill cleanup workers. Hospital spokeswoman Taslin Alfonzo …
Vehicle thefts among Allstate insured Texans dropped 2.5 percent last year, the company announced, but the cars being snapped off the street are heading farther south of the border — even overseas. The insurer and police are urging drivers to …
Massachusetts State Police say aerosol paint inside a party supply truck exploded, injuring three people and covering them in paint. State police say the driver stopped on U.S. Route 3 in Tyngsborough on Wednesday after passing motorists alerted him that …