The California Department of Insurance announced that a settlement has been reached in an enforcement action against Civil Service Employees Insurance Co. and CSE Safeguard Insurance Co. The settlement marks the end of a market conduct examination that found numerous …
Firefighters in 11 Texas cities will be installing smoke alarms into the homes of low income and elderly residents thanks to this year’s We’re Out to Alarm Texas smoke alarm campaign. The program now in its sixth year has saved …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Porta-King Building Systems in Montgomery City, Mo., for workplace safety and health violations. Proposed penalties total $124,000. An OSHA inspection, initiated in response to a complaint, revealed two …
A man who fell about 20 feet down an empty elevator shaft in St. Joseph, Mo., has been awarded about $31,500 in damages. The St. Joseph News-Press reported that Boone County jurors also decided to award $3,000 to Danny Secrist’s …
A small earthquake felt in all or part of four central Nebraska counties rattled windows but caused no known damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 3.0 magnitude quake struck about 2:55 p.m. Sunday, with the epicenter 6 miles southwest …
Authorities estimate damage from a fire at a dairy operation in northwest Iowa at more than $500,000. KLEM-AM reports the fire broke out on Sept. 24 in a large metal building at Dykstra Dairy in Struble, Iowa. No injuries were …
BP’s lead investigator into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill told an independent panel of experts recently that the company’s internal probe had limitations. Mark Bly, head of safety and operations for BP PLC, said a lack of physical evidence …
Kelly S. Whitener, commercial account manager for Senn Dunn Insurance in Greensboro, North Carolina, has won the 2010 National Outstanding Customer Service Representative (CSR) of the Year Award. The Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) and the Society of …
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake has sent tremors across much of New Hampshire and parts of Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake occurred at 11:28 p.m. Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries or damages. …
The Lloyd’s of London insurance market revealed that record claims from disasters including the Chilean earthquake and U.S. oil spill halved its profits, and said it saw no respite from a steady decline in prices. Lloyd’s, which traces its origins …