New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the Department of Financial Services is investigating the claims practices of three insurers following the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The three insurers are: Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, Tower Insurance Company and Kingstone …
Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have an additional 60 days to file claims for their flood-related losses. Policy owners now have until April 22 to complete their proof …
Oakland County’s top elected official is criticizing proposals from fellow Republicans to change Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance program to limit the amount of medical claims. The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press report that Oakland County Executive L. Brooks …
Fire destroyed a motorsports shop in Kossuth, Miss., on Wednesday. The Daily Corinthian reports Unique Motorsports, owned by Mike Meeks, was a total loss in a fire that started at about 2:30 p.m. Meeks said he had just returned from …
A small town in eastern Illinois is losing its sledding hill because the city says it’s just too big of a liability. Kay McCabe is a member of the Park District board in Paxton. She tells The (Champaign) News-Gazette that …
A phone company has agreed to pay $14.5 million over a 3,800-acre Malibu Canyon wildfire blamed on allegedly overloaded utility poles blown down by Santa Ana winds. The Los Angeles Times reports NextG Networks will pay $8.5 million into California’s …
A court in L’Aquila, Italy, has convicted four people in the collapse of a university dormitory during the 2009 earthquake in that Apennine mountain town. Eight students died in the collapse during the powerful quake, which struck in the pre-dawn …
President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for Louisiana to authorize federal aid for areas affected by severe storms and flooding in January. A White House statement Friday said the declaration of a major disaster makes federal funding available …
A report finds California’s workers’ compensation system has awarded millions of dollars in benefits for job-related injuries to thousands of professional athletes, including many who played for out-of-state teams. The Los Angeles Times reports sports leagues and their insurers are …
Louisiana will borrow $100 million to repair and improve rural roads around Louisiana, in a plan scaled back Thursday by state officials grappling with a shortage of construction funds and trying to stay under the state’s debt ceiling. The Bond …