The Arkansas Forestry Commission says crews had to respond to 33 wildfires during the latest round of fires in the state. Commission spokesman Jerry Lambert said late Sunday that fire crews suppressed 19 of the fires and were working to …
A weekend fire has destroyed a southwestern Indiana tavern that once served a 19th century stagecoach stop. Saturday’s fire on Evansville’s west side reduced the Dutch Korner tavern to charred ruins. German Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief John M. Buckman …
No one was injured in a fire that partially destroyed a textile plant in southern New Jersey. Absecon Mills in Galloway Township was closed when the blaze broke out Sunday night. Fire Chief Ron Garbutt told The Press of Atlantic …
A massive natural cover fire that eventually spread over 50 acres in southeast Missouri is now under control. The Southeast Missourian reports that well over a dozen fire departments responded to the blaze in the Fruitland area on Sunday. Two …
XL Group plc announced that its preliminary net loss estimates for the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, pretax and net of reinsurance and reinstatement premiums, “range from approximately $190 million to $290 million, with approximately 70 percent …
Specialist insurer Amlin plc has released initial estimates of the impact of the 2011 New Zealand earthquake, the Japanese earthquake and the 2011 Queensland floods. The bulletin described the 2011 New Zealand earthquake as a “major catastrophe with market loss …
Insurers in South Carolina may find themselves on the losing side over a battle to prevent construction defects from being covered under a general commercial liability (CGL) policy. The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill (S.431) that would reverse …
The U.S. Small Business Administration is providing low-interest disaster loans to private individuals, businesses and nonprofits on Hawaii’s Big Island as a result of damage caused by the tsunami the resulted from Japan’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake But private property damage …
The Texas Department of Insurance has reached a settlement with Texas Imperial Life Insurance Company to secure additional benefits to African-American consumers who were historically sold various types of insurance policies at higher rates than policies sold to whites. The …
After years of maintaining that the duty to defend and the duty to indemnify were independent duties in a liability policy, the Texas Supreme Court held in 1997 that the same allegations used to determine that no duty to defend …