A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to third-degree felony counts of burglary and attempted arson in a 2008 blaze that gutted a historic mill in Brigham City. The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reported Saturday that Luke Hunsaker awaits sentencing July 7 …
Louisiana State Police say two workers were overcome by a chemical and died at a chlorine factory being built south of Plaquemine. Lt. Doug Cain says that about 1 p.m. Sunday, troopers received a call on their Hazmat hotline that …
A tornado may have struck Delaware County as major storms hit portions of eastern Oklahoma, damaging mobile homes and several buildings near West Siloam Springs, officials said Monday. No injuries were reported. The National Weather Service is sending send investigators …
Research conducted by moneysupermarket.com shows one in six motorists – 16 percent – having broken the law by driving a car they weren’t insured to drive. Seven percent admitted breaking the law by getting behind the wheel of their own …
Engle Martin & Associates, Inc., a national commercial loss adjusting and claims management firm, announced the opening of its 33rd office, located in Savannah, Georgia. The new Savannah office will service South and Coastal Georgia, Coastal South Carolina, and Northeastern …
Devastating tornadoes, floods, earthquakes overseas and a busier-than-usual hurricane season have U.S. insurance companies bracing for record losses in 2011. Insurers could suffer as much as $10 billion from weather-related losses in the United States in 2011, which is up …
Law enforcement officials in Iowa say a new law that makes it illegal to text and drive has been difficult to enforce. The Legislature enacted a law last year that bans texting while driving and forbids the state’s youngest motorists …
The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals in Pennsylvania dropped last year for the sixth year in a row. A total of 1,491 malpractice lawsuits were filed in 2010, according to a report released last week …
The legislative fight over disputed legislation to restrict frivolous lawsuits appears to be resolved in a surprise agreement. All sides agreed late Saturday to a new version of the measure, which has already passed the House, the Austin American-Statesman reported …
More than 400 Oklahoma schools have received notices of expected insurance rate increases averaging 19.5 percent. The notice from the Oklahoma Schools Insurance Group, which provides various types of coverage to 440 of Oklahoma’s 526 school districts, comes after schools …