Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine issued himself several licenses to sell insurance and adjust claims in his last full day in office, according to a newspaper report. Oxendine used his authority as the state’s top insurance regulator to waive requirements …
South Carolina insurance officials this week awarded 57 grants to coastal homeowners for use in installing new roofing systems and taking other steps to fortify their homes against hurricanes. State Insurance Director David Black said the grants, totaling more than …
A Massachusetts woman has been awarded $15,500 by a jury that found a state police officer was negligent when his motorcycle struck her as she watched the 2007 Boston Marathon. Sixty-five-year-old Norma Shulman of Framingham was knocked to the ground …
Attorneys for a Russellville, Ark., doctor convicted of using a bomb to nearly kill the chief of the Arkansas Medical Board have asked a federal judge to delay their client’s sentencing while they continue work on the case. Randeep Mann …
Ford Motor Co. said it would recall about 144,000 F-150 models in the United States and Canada from the 2005 and 2006 model years due to a risk that airbags could deploy because of a short circuit. The automaker said …
Toyota Motor Corp. issued three recalls affecting nearly 2.2 million vehicles Thursday, citing accelerator pedal issues. In the biggest of the three, Toyota said it would recall nearly 1.4 million vehicles because of the potential that the floormat could get …
Insurance industry executives John Thurman and Jim Collins have been named regional vice presidents of Risk Sciences Group (RSG), a provider of risk management information systems used to consolidate and evaluate risk data for the domestic and international market. Collins, …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued 21 serious citations to Waste Facility Inc. for exposing workers to multiple safety and health hazards following an inspection at the company’s facility in Premont, Texas. Proposed penalties …
A West Texas oilfield worker has been killed in an accident in which he was crushed by some pipes he was trying to move. Midland County Fire Marshal Dale Little says the victim was 44-year-old Ronnie Lynn May of Seguin. …
A lawsuit has been filed in Texas over a 2010 chartered bus rollover in Colorado that left some travelers from North Texas hurt. The lawsuit filed in Fort Worth is on behalf of nine Denton residents injured in the Dec. …