Warwick, RI, 9/13/13 – Astonish, a leading technology, marketing, and training company dedicated solely to the needs of insurance agencies, announces the election of David Wroe to its board of directors. Wroe started his career in technology more than four …
The Missouri House has approved a veto override of legislation restricting lawsuits by uninsured motorists. The House approved the override Wednesday on a 109-51 vote, the bare minimum needed for a two-thirds majority. The bill achieved the mark only after …
Officials say nearly 2,900 people were arrested for drunken driving in North Carolina during the latest “Booze It & Lose It” campaign. The N.C. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that the campaign ran from Aug. 16 through Sept. 2, including …
Italian authorities say the operation to set the Concordia cruise ship upright is set for next week, 20 months after the ship capsized near a tiny Tuscan island, killing 32 people. National Civil Protection agency chief Franco Gabrielli told islanders …
The state must pay an Ohio woman’s family more than $1.8 million for failing to fix the potholes that caused a fatal 2008 traffic crash. The award to the family of Pauline Miller of East Palestine, south of Youngstown, was …
A federal report says a freight train crew member was distracted by text messaging soon before crashing into a stopped train in northwestern Indiana, causing the derailment of more than two dozen locomotives and rail cars. The January 2012 derailment …
An affordable housing advocacy group sued New Jersey on Wednesday, saying the state is not providing it access to information about how post-Superstorm Sandy state grants are being awarded. Cherry Hill-based Fair Share Housing Corp. said in the lawsuit that …
The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium says the mother of a 2-year-old boy fatally mauled in a wild African dogs exhibit is to blame in her son’s death and shouldn’t be allowed to sue. The claim filed Monday in Allegheny …
London police must repay the insurers of a warehouse that held Sony Corp. goods, damaged in riots that spread through the city in the summer of 2011, a judge ruled. Judge Julian Flaux said the attack on a building in …
The Missouri Senate has voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of legislation calling for creation of an online database of workers’ compensation claims. Wednesday’s 25-9 Senate vote sent the bill to the House, which passed it earlier this year …