Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $2,130,561 dividend to the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s overall loss ratio. TRA group members have shared in $15,946,191 in Texas Mutual dividends …
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety officials say the number of people who died as the result of traffic accidents in the state during 2010 was down by 112 from the previous year. A DPS news release said preliminary data for …
Chambers County officials are defending their spending of tens of millions of federal dollars for cleanup from Hurricane Ike after a federal audit questioned whether the money was properly used in the Southeast Texas county devastated by the September 2008 …
Florida-based PuroClean, which specializes in property emergency restoration services, announced plans to open a new Applied Structural Drying (ASD) Demonstration Facility. The company said the facility is only the 17th training center of its kind in the world. The training …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Century Insurance Company (Guam) Ltd. (CIC Guam)and Century Insurance Co., Ltd. (CIC Saipan), headquartered in the Northern Mariana Islands. The outlook …
A signed legal settlement with American International Group (AIG) will net the State of Kansas general fund $500,000, according to Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance. “The AIG settlement for Kansas was part of a nationwide $146 million agreement over alleged …
Cunningham Lindsey has acquired the U.S. loss adjusting business of GAB Robins North America Inc. The global loss adjusting and claims management services company said the addition of the GAB Robins loss adjusting business significantly expands Cunningham Lindsey’s operation in …
Oil cleanup crews were scheduled to return to the barrier islands off Mississippi on Tuesday. Ray Melick, a BP PLC spokesman, told The Mississippi Press that he’s unsure what workers will find. “We know there has been some weather change, …
Australia’s record floods are causing catastrophic damage to infrastructure in the state of Queensland and have forced 75 percent of its coal mines, which fuel Asia’s steel mills, to grind to a halt, Queensland’s premier said on Wednesday. The worst …
A ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving is taking effect in Delaware. Beginning Sunday, drivers will have to carry on their cell phone conversations using hands-free devices. The law also bans texting while driving, and drivers cannot use …