The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Hurricane Katrina victims seeking billions of dollars on claims that the Army Corps of Engineers added to the storm’s impact by improperly maintaining a shipping channel. The justices today left intact a …
Water levels in Calgary subsided and crews are working to restore power as officials confirmed a fourth fatality in the worst flood in Alberta’s history. Insured losses to the province are forecast to be C$2.25 billion ($2.15 billion) to C$3.75 …
AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the certification of the latest release of its hurricane model for the U.S. by the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (FCHLPM). The Commission certifies models for use by insurers for developing Florida residential and …
India’s home minister says the death toll in the part of the country could exceed 1,000 as soldiers clear debris from towns and villages flattened by landslides and monsoon flooding. Sushilkumar Shinde said the number of people killed in the …
Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation is getting a new deputy commissioner in the Insurance Division. St. Johnsbury-native Crosby Sherman is going to start on July 8. Sherman began his career at the department the 1980s, working as an insurance examiner …
Although a Virginia woman became the third wing walker to die in two years when a fiery crash killed her and a pilot at an Ohio air show over the weekend, those in the business insist such accidents are rare …
Three Kansas community colleges have created an insurance consortium in response to higher insurance rates and new laws that allow weapons on campus. The Independence Community College board of trustees voted last week to join Coffeyville and Neosho community colleges …
A Spanish official says a bus has crashed near the eastern port city of Alicante, injuring 38 people, six of them seriously. The accident happened on a highway circling the city late Saturday for reasons still under investigation. The official, …
Inspectors from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission are set to review the ability of a western Pennsylvania power plant to withstand an earthquake. The inspectors will be at FirstEnergy Corp.’s Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport Monday and Tuesday …
A Nebraska couple accused of burning down a restaurant they owned in South Dakota to collect insurance money has been convicted of felony arson and reckless burning after a weeklong trial. Attorney General Marty Jackley says a jury in Bon …