Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year. The average premium increase in the voluntary market will be about 3.2 percent. Nevada employers who purchase their workers’ compensation insurance …
Insurance for tankers to export Iranian crude may be unusable even after the U.S. and the European Union eased sanctions against the Persian Gulf state, a group covering vessel owners said. Ship owners hauling Iran’s oil may go unpaid if …
Never again, officials vowed a year ago, would Brazil see a horror like the nightclub fire that killed 242 young men and women, all suffocated by toxic smoke that quickly filled a windowless bunker of a building with no emergency …
The family of a girl killed while in a San Francisco, Calif., crosswalk on New Year’s Eve is suing the Internet ride-service company Uber. Attorney Christopher Dolan is filing a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Sofia …
A civil lawsuit has been filed against the owner and landlord of a Philadelphia apartment building where a fire escape balcony collapsed, killing one man and seriously injuring two women. The suit was filed Monday by the families of 22-year-old …
A southern Illinois community that is still recovering from a deadly November tornado is asking for help paying the monthly operating expenses of its cash-strapped library. Brookport’s privately funded library received about $5,000 in damage during the Nov. 17 twister …
Louisiana law enforcement officials say the annual rise of crawfish rustling is just around the corner. But by Easter, April 20, when crawfish is on the menu and stealing from ponds is in full swing, the Louisiana Legislature could be …
A report by the Jackson County Animal Services shows pit bulls top the list of dog-bite cases involving humans in 2013. The Mail-Tribune says the Oregon city of Medford is currently exploring options to deal with dangerous dogs. A police …
Florida’s largest insurer is launching a new program to shift policies over to other companies. The state-created Citizens Property Insurance on Monday will start requiring new customers to use a property insurance clearinghouse. The program requires insurance agents to look …
Crews in Atlanta, Ga., are working to repair a broken water main that caused a large sinkhole to open up beneath a busy road. WSB-TV reports workers arrived on the scene at Collier Drive in northwest Atlanta at about 4 …