A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Bermuda-based Catlin Insurance Company Limited (CICL), Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd. Houston-based Catlin Insurance Company, Inc. (CICI) and Delaware-based Catlin …
On Saturday morning the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its first bulletin on “Tropical depression Six.” By Monday morning the depression had morphed into Danielle the fourth named storm of the current season, and the NHC warned that it …
Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries show a decline in workplace fatalities in 2009 compared with 2008. Last year, 4,340 workers died from work-related injuries, down from a final count of 5,214 …
Those seeking a settlement from the BP $20 billion compensation fund may have to waive their rights to sue all major defendants involved with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, not just BP, the New York Times reported on Friday. …
State fire marshal’s investigators are probing five separate arsons that caused heavy damage to buildings and vehicles in northern New Castle County. Authorities said the fires were set 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and targeted at two vacant dwellings, …
Enbridge Energy Partners estimates cleanup and other costs from a massive oil spill from a Michigan pipeline could be $300 million to $400 million. The company made the estimate in a filing this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange …
A New York City employee is accused of forging a letter to secure a license to work overseeing safety at major construction sites. Authorities say Alvaro Mora tried to obtain a site safety manager license by forging the letter under …
At least 80 Claymont, Delaware residents have joined a damage and personal-injury lawsuit targeting a long-troubled steel recycling plant there, in a case that claims owners failed for years to control “poisonous clouds” of toxic dust. The lawsuit surfaced days …
The National Weather Service is confirming that a tornado touched down in eastern Frederick County, Maryland last week. Meteorologist Chris Strong said Tuesday that a relatively weak twister rated EF-0 knocked down trees south of Unionville on Thursday. EF-0 tornadoes …
Fire officials suspect a blaze that damaged about a dozen homes in Philadelphia is a case of arson. The fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. Thursday in the city’s Logan neighborhood. Witnesses tell authorities that a woman grabbed a gas …