Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has appointed Beth Dupre assistant director for insurance services. She will oversee approximately 1,000 employees involved with L&I’s State Fund workers’ compensation functions including claims administration, employer services (policy and account management), health services …
The state has awarded $30 million in hurricane recovery money to 55 municipalities in parishes hit by hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The Office of Community Development says the grants will improve infrastructure and disaster response capabilities. The state awarded $15 …
A King County, Wash., Superior Court judge has ordered Issaquah’s Linda Ann Rose to pay and forfeit a total of $300,000 in restitution to insurance companies for fraudulent injury claims after a minor accident in a parking lot. According to …
Oklahoma City firefighters are trying to determine what caused a blaze at the Science Museum Oklahoma. Crews received a call reporting the blaze about 11:40 a.m. Saturday. Officials say firefighters found roofing material that was next the building on fire. …
Trails are closed in areas of the George Washington National Forest in Page County, Virginia where two forest fires have burned more than 600 acres. The U.S. Forest Service says a fire at Burners Gap grew over the weekend from …
A Fort Campbell soldier has sued Oak Grove, Kentucky police saying a police dog bit him during an attack and caused permanent nerve damage in his arm. Richard C. Lestienne, who was 27 when the dog bit him, wants $1.1 …
U.S. auto safety regulators want to know whether rental car agencies are making necessary repairs on rental fleets totaling nearly 3 million vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on its website on Monday it would review records …
North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, killing two soldiers and setting houses ablaze, in one of the heaviest attacks on its neighbor since the Korean War ended in 1953. The attack, with …
Insurance Journal, the leading news source for the property/casualty insurance industry, has launched a new Android phone application, that allows readers to view news and multimedia content published on the magazine’s Web site. The free Android phone application is the …
The family of a man who died after nine days in a Madisonville nursing home has won a $42.75 million verdict. Attorney Lisa Circeo argued in court that 92-year-old Joseph Clint Offutt died because Harborside of Madisonville staff neglected him. …