The Insurance Council of Australia has posted updated claims figures for the foods that devastated large portions of the States of Queensland and Victoria. Revised figures as of the 11th of February 2011 for the Queensland floods were listed as …
A lawyer for a young man paralyzed from the waist down in a 2007 shooting in a Kent, Wash., restaurant says a jury has awarded more than $46 million to three victims. Lawyer Ron Perey said that the majority of …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $49,000 in penalties against Montana-based NorthWestern Energy after an apprentice lineman was seriously injured when he came into contact with 7,200 volts of electricity. OSHA area director Christine A. Webb of …
Two Costa Rican men accused in a $670 million insurance industry scam have pleaded not guilty in federal court in Virginia. Minor Vargas Calvo and Jorge Luis Castillo entered their pleas Wednesday in Richmond on seven counts of conspiracy, wire …
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has reappointed Deeia D. Beck of Austin to the Office of Public Insurance Counsel for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2013. The office represents insurance consumers in regulatory matters relating to insurance rates, rules and …
Two men already sentenced to life in prison over five church fires in East Texas have pleaded guilty to more blazes. A judge in Athens sentenced 21-year-old Jason Robert Bourque and 23-year-old Daniel George McAllister to additional life terms, to …
Investigators have ruled a north Minneapolis house fire that burned near a frozen hydrant was arson. No one was hurt in the two-alarm blaze. A hydrant near the intersection was not working. Minneapolis Water Works determined the hydrant was frozen. …
The Iowa Department of Public Safety says 76 percent of motorists who died on the state’s roads in January were not wearing seatbelts. In a news release, officials say that is up significantly from the five-year annual average of less …
Insurers have come out against a move by South Carolina lawmakers to extend general liability policies to include construction defects. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) says such a move would add to loss costs and potentially lead …
Gaylord Entertainment will increase the height of a levee along the Cumberland River to withstand a 500-year flood. The Tennessean reported Gaylord CEO and Chairman Colin Reed made the announcement during a teleconference about earnings. Reed said building up the …