Officials searched Monday for bodies among the charred ruins of more than 100 homes and other buildings destroyed by wildfires in the Australian island state of Tasmania. Around 100 residents remained unaccounted for, three days after the fires broke out. …
A Missouri doctor who spent a dozen years on the run from federal fraud charges in Illinois before being captured in Peru was sentenced Friday to three years and a month in prison and $320,000 in fines and restitution. Dr. …
Florida’s state-backed property insurer and state regulators have cleared the path for the insurer to begin issuing a new HO-8 policy by limiting it to low-value older homes, addressing concerns that the policies’ low rates could lead to a potential …
One of the most heavily litigated insurance issues in coverage liability cases related to outbreaks of widespread foodborne illnesses is the determination of occurrence where multiple people in multiple states are affected by a contaminant that seems to stem from …
Maine has adopted a new, uniform standard for who can be classified as an “independent contractor” for workers’ compensation and other employment-related cases. The change went into effect on Dec. 31, 2012. State officials say the uniform definition will help …
Texas workers’ compensation system regulators report that 56 insurance carriers have been deemed high performers in the system. Announcing the results of the fourth Insurance Carrier Performance Based Oversight assessment Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) said …
Premium on policies reported to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas in 2012 totaled more than $4 billion, a record volume SLSOT reported. This represented an increase of $767 million over 2011, a rise of nearly 24 percent. Premium …
Holiday storms that pounded much of the U.S. with snow and rain did little to ease the overall grip of the country’s worst drought in decades. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows that about 61 percent of …
The December Global Catastrophe Recap report by Impact Forecasting reveals that Super Typhoon Bopha damaged or destroyed more than 216,000 homes in 34 provinces including Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley, which sustained extensive damage. Economic losses to agriculture, infrastructure and …
The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) reported a total of 83 on-duty firefighter fatalities as a result of incidents that occurred in 2012, the same number of firefighter losses as in 2011. The 83 fatalities were spread across 34 states. Pennsylvania …