July 27, 2010
Mandeville, La.-based FARA Insurance Services, a provider of claims administration and risk management solutions nationwide, has added Kayla Tortorich and Brandt Lorio to its management team. Tortorich will serve as vice president – Healthcare Management. She will be responsible for …
July 27, 2010
Investigators say a group of teenagers decided to burn down a rural southern Indiana church after taking LSD and coming to believe that it belonged to Satan worshippers. Court documents filed in Brown County court say six 18-year-old men and …
July 27, 2010
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Donelon reported that motor vehicle theft rates are on the decline in Louisiana. Motor vehicle theft rates declined in 2009 over 2008 by 16.8 percent in four of Louisiana’s largest metropolitan areas according to 2009 preliminary data …
July 27, 2010
Two people have been indicted on charges they stole nearly $1 million from insurer Aflac Inc. by filing false insurance claims from 2007 to 2009. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that federal prosecutors are accusing former Aflac employee Danielle Mahone and …
July 27, 2010
Authorities say a fire that burned nearly a dozen vehicles at a large South Carolina church was an accident. Multiple media outlets reported the fire started around 11:30 a.m. Sunday at NewSpring Church in Anderson County. No one was hurt. …
July 27, 2010
A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a” to China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation (China Re or the Group) and its subsidiaries, China Property & Casualty Reinsurance Company Ltd (CPCR) and …
July 27, 2010
A maintenance man at a prominent western New York office building was crushed to death after falling into a trash compactor, but no one realized it for weeks as his family and authorities searched for him, police said Sunday. Surveillance …
July 27, 2010
Connecticut residents are running out of time to file federal damage claims from the March flooding that affected the eastern half of the state. Anyone with property damage has until today to file with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Tuesday …
July 27, 2010
Philadelphia’s Streets Department has failed to compile safety reports for tour vehicles like the amphibious boat that sank in the Delaware River last month, killing two Hungarian tourists. KYW-AM reports the department has never assembled the reports since it was …
July 27, 2010
A University of Kentucky HealthCare survey found that 60 percent of Kentucky horseback riding respondents did not wear any safety apparel the last time they went riding. “Many riders who have been injured say that they feel that those injuries …