According to the Insurance Information Institute (III), 9/11 was the largest claims payout in global insurance history. The terror attack produced insured losses of about $32.5 billion; the cost exceeded only by Hurricane Katrina. 9/11-related losses were paid out across …
Shell Chemical LP has agreed to pay $500,000 to a Texas County over five different air pollution events at its Deer Park refinery. The settlement was reached after Harris County accused Shell Chemical, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, …
New York chiropractors don’t like the new medical treatment guidelines adopted last December by the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. These changes focus on the treatment for the mid- and low-back, neck, shoulder and knees. The state’s main chiropractic …
President Dmitry Medvedev called for immediate changes in Russia’s troubled aviation industry Thursday – including sharply reducing the number of airlines – as the country mourned a crash that killed 43 people and devastated a top ice hockey team. The …
Kentucky has received the largest piece of $8.4 million in U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration grants for fiscal year 2011. The state is receiving $627,659 from the health and safety training grants. The U.S. Labor Department says the funds …
Former state Rep. Carlos Lacasa of Miami is the pick to become the next chairman of the board that oversees the operations of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The 47-year-old Lacasa is replacing Naples businessman Jim Malone, who held …
Power companies in Southern California restored electricity to most customers by early Friday after a massive blackout on Thursday left nearly 5 million people in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico in the dark. Although the Sept. 8 outage, apparently …
Five suspects have been accused in the theft of 6,000 lambs worth an estimated $1 million from a Gillespie County feedlot. A special ranger from the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and Texas Rangers made the arrests. The five …
Louisiana is getting a share of federal money for safety training to miners. The Labor Department said Wednesday that it has allocated just over $81,000 to the state. It comes from a national pool of $8.4 million. The grants cover …
A severe storm is suspected of lifting a tiny chapel in southwestern Arizona off its foundation and slamming it into the ground 60 feet away. The Yuma Sun reports on Wednesday that the Monday storm brought strong winds that also …