Severe weather including hailstorms is driving up the cost of homeowners insurance in the Cheyenne, Wyo., area. James Mitchell with the Wyoming Insurance Department says many Wyoming property owners are set to see higher premiums if they haven’t already. He …
Caribbean airline LIAT says investigators are looking into a fire that destroyed one of its hangars, two offices and a Dash 8-300 plane. The carrier says it suffered a significant loss. A Monday statement from the Antigua-based airline says it …
A new flood warning system will give residents of a water-weary town in northwest Ohio an advance warning the next time the Blanchard River spills over its banks. Residents of Ottawa in Putnam County will be able to receive text …
A southern Indiana county hard-hit by March tornadoes has spent $825,000 just to clear out streams clogged with storm debris. The News and Tribune reports that the Clark County Commissioners approved invoices for the stream cleanup work that’s being funding …
A judge has rejected a challenge to the insurance requirement in Michigan’s new law expanding the sale of fireworks. Federal Judge Thomas Ludington in Bay City says he’s not going to trump the judgment of lawmakers. He says the $10 …
Like the economy, the workers’ compensation market has suffered in recent years. Results for 2011 were no better than 2010. The good news: results for the workers’ comp market were not worse either. The combined ratio held steady at 115 …
The driver of a stolen vehicle that crashed into a downtown Washington D.C., office building was trying to use a lighter when police arrived on the scene, according to a police report. “The vehicle’s front seat was wet with a …
The Vermont lawyer for a sexual abuse victim of a New York priest serving a 20-year prison sentence says the civil case could expose the way the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany handled sexual abuse allegations against priests. Burlington attorney …
An attorney and a case runner have been sentenced in Texas on felony charges related to soliciting business from victim’s family after a fatal accident. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced in late May that Corpus Christi attorney Benito Garza …
Serious safety violations at a chemical plant in Arkansas have resulted in a proposed $122,000 in fines for an Indiana company, federal regulators say. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited West Lafayette, Ind.-based Great …