Monthly Archives: <span>February 2013</span>

Texas Mutual Awards $300K in Safety Education Grants

Texas Mutual Insurance Company has awarded a combined $300,000 in grants to Kilgore College, Midland College and College of the Mainland in Texas City near Houston. The grants will continue to fund free workplace safety courses for employers, employees and …

Death Toll in Brazil Nightclub Fire Rises to 237

State health officials say a 22-year-old man injured in last week’s deadly nightclub fire in southern Brazil has died. The Rio Grande do Sul Health Secretariat says Bruno Portella Fricks died late Saturday from injuries he sustained in last Sunday’s …

Alabama Agency Says Trauma Care Cut Crash Deaths

A new report by Alabama health officials says the rate of traffic deaths has fallen drastically since the state established a trauma network in 2007. WSFA-TV reports the numbers released by the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama …

Residents Win Lawsuit Against West Virginia City

A jury has ordered the city of Huntington, W.Va., pay more than $1 million to 18 families whose homes were hit by flooding. The Wayne County jury made its verdict this week, ruling that the city was negligent when it …

Georgia Tornado 900 Yards Wide, 160 MPH at its Peak

Authorities believe a tornado swelled to 900 yards wide — more than four times the width of the Georgia Dome — and as it tore across northwest Georgia for nearly 22 miles. National Weather Service officials say the Wednesday twister …

Liz Henderson Joins ASL FL as Property/Casualty Producer

Clearwater, FL, 02/04/13 – In alignment with the corporate initiative for growth of the company’s presence in Central Florida, Atlantic Specialty Lines of Florida , Inc. has added Liz Henderson, AAI, AIS to their Florida team. Henderson comes to ASL …

Report: U.S. Lags on Fulfilling Airline Safety Law

Federal regulators are struggling to overcome substantial industry opposition and implement a sweeping aviation safety law enacted after the last fatal U.S. airline crash nearly four years ago, according to a report by a government watchdog. The Federal Aviation Administration …

Illegal Fireworks Blamed for Deadly Blast in China

A truck that exploded and caused an elevated stretch of highway to collapse in central China, killing 10 people, was loaded with holiday fireworks that were illegally produced and transported, authorities said Saturday. Local authorities have shut down the company …

Plea Deal in Yale Tailgate Death

A Yale University student charged with negligent homicide for running down a woman tailgating outside a football game has reached a plea agreement in which he would receive a special form of probation and avoid a criminal record, his attorney …

Denmark School Sentenced for Fatal Boat Accident

A Danish boarding school has been fined 250,000 kroner ($45,500) and its principal given a suspended 60-day prison sentence for a tragic rowing trip for teenagers in which a teacher drowned. A court said Friday that the Lundby school management …