A federal judge in Baltimore has refused to dismiss a runoff suit against Perdue Farms and an Eastern Shore chicken grower. The defendants claimed the suit filed by the Waterkeepers Alliance, the Assateague Coastkeeper and others contains allegations not included …
A tornado tore through western New York on Saturday, ripping the roof off a condominium and damaging 17 others and causing widespread power outages. The National Weather Service said the twister touched down in Mayville in Chautauqua County at 4:48 …
An emergency alarm that could have warned workers aboard the doomed Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico drilling rig was intentionally disabled, a rig engineer told U.S. investigators Friday. Mike Williams, chief engineer technician aboard Swiss-based Transocean Ltd.’s rig, said the …
Officials in Kentucky’s Pike County say damage estimates from recent flooding could exceed $10 million. Judge executive Wayne Rutherford said in a statement that the damage totals would make Pike County eligible for federal disaster assistance. Officials there worried about …
British energy giant BP Plc is holding up payments to economic victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of a $20 billion compensation fund, said Saturday. “I have a concern that BP is stalling claims. Yes, …
The results of an independent study commissioned by the NFL and the players’ union show modern helmets meet all national safety standards, though it stressed that no helmet can prevent concussions and more studies are necessary. The results were forwarded …
A Kentucky judge has sentenced a Louisville business owner to 12 years in prison for burning down her kitchenware store four years ago. Jefferson Circuit Judge Audra Eckerle handed down the sentence to Susan Kay Lukjan, who was convicted in …
The UK’s insurers are detecting more fraudulent insurance claims than ever according to figures released by the Association of British Insurers. The ABI said that insurers had received over 2,000 dishonest insurance claims every week in 2009, worth more than …
Crowds of people streaming into a techno music festival surged through an already jammed entry tunnel on Saturday, setting off a panic that killed 19 people and injured 80 [later reports indicate that more than 300 were injured, many critically] …
Industry “think tank” focuses on new underwriting and distribution concepts. Property and Casualty insurance underwriting and distribution are changing dramatically. On September 14 and 15 MarketScout will host over 400 industry leaders at the fourth annual Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium. According …