June 19, 2013
Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s chief financial officer is stepping down. The state-created insurer announced the resignation of CFO Sharon Binnun on Monday. It said she will be taking a job with a private Florida insurer that hasn’t done business with …
June 19, 2013
The non-profit, state-supervised insurance agency for coastal counties is expected to shore up its finances by the end of the year, the group told a Texas House panel Monday. Pete Gise, who handles The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association‘s finances, says …
June 19, 2013
Three former Joplin, Mo., residents faces federal charges accusing them of diverting relief funds after the 2011 tornado. The U.S. Attorney’s office for western Missouri said in a release Monday that 31-year-old Herlana Latham and 36-year-old Christopher L. Smith, both …
June 18, 2013
46 percent of claims are being overpaid by an average of $19,000 In his book, The Flaw of Averages, author Sam Savage explores how the widely used statistical concept of “averages” can wreak havoc on our forecasting and decision making. …
June 18, 2013
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can be sometimes be illegal and therefore challenged in court. The justices voted …
June 18, 2013
Sheriff’s officials in east Georgia are investigating a break-in at the boyhood home of former President Woodrow Wilson. The Sunday afternoon burglary at the Augusta home caused $750 in damage, authorities said. An alarm was tripped at the home at …
June 18, 2013
A Coast Guard report says a passing tugboat helped spark the massive explosions that rocked the Mobile River and injured three people in April. A preliminary report released Saturday says workers were cleaning fuel storage tanks on two barges moored …
June 18, 2013
Authorities say 70 people were displaced and two people are injured after a three-alarm fire at a Las Vegas apartment complex. Las Vegas Fire & Rescue officials say they responded to the fire a little before 7 a.m. Sunday at …
June 18, 2013
Rising temperatures have led to a rash of air conditioner thefts in Wichita by people who sell copper piping and other scrap metal inside the units and leave thousands of dollars of damage in their wake. Home sellers and renters …
June 18, 2013
The number of states that allow electronic proof of insurance via smartphones has increased to 25, with the recent addition of Indiana and Florida. The states that allow electronic proof of insurance coverage are: Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, …