Insurance mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. continued to gain momentum in 2011, with a focus on strategic transactions. Transactions increased in every market segment, including property casualty, life and annuity, health, distribution and service firms, according to a new …
MasterCard Inc is investigating a potential security breach related to a third-party vendor and has alerted banks and law enforcement officials, the company said on Friday. The credit-card processor said the issue involves a company based in the U.S. and …
Among the more than 55,000 teen drivers and their passengers seriously injured each year in 2009 and 2010, 30 percent suffered head injuries, including concussion, skull fractures and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), according to a new teen driver safety report …
Civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the New York City Police Department regarding their Operation Clean Halls program, which allows officers to patrol private apartment buildings throughout the city. The New York Civil Liberties Union and other …
Allstate Wind and Hail Claims Jump 45% Statewide Last Year Hail and wind impacted more Allstate insured homes in the Abilene area and North Texas than in any other part of the state last year. Allstate tallied the top 25 …
Theft charges have been dropped against a suburban Houston cop accused of stealing co-workers’ food from the police station refrigerator. A sting operation by the Deer Park Police Department netted Officer Kevin Yang. Police Chief Greg Griggs had said surveillance …
McNeese State University officials, in Louisiana, have closed Kaufman Hall until further notice because removal of a door led to the release of asbestos, which has contaminated multiple areas of the building. Philip Williams, university president, told the American Press …
The owner of a Brooklyn, N.Y., tortilla factory where a worker died after falling into a waist-high dough mixing machine has been arrested. Erasmo Ponce was charged with underpaying employees, falsifying business records, violating workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance laws. …
A Bluffton, S.C., man has settled a lawsuit against Beaufort County Emergency Medical Services for the way he was treated after he was beaten in 2008. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that Brian Lanese will receive $150,000. Lanese …
A fire broke out on the property of a downtown Billings, Mont., soft drink distributor. Fire Chief Paul Dextras tells the Billings Gazette that firefighters were able to put out most of the flames within a few minutes Wednesday night …