The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has proposed setting aside $4 million to compensate the victims of clergy sexual abuse in its bankruptcy reorganization plan, according to a statement provided to The Associated Press. The Wisconsin archdiocese filed for bankruptcy in 2011, …
Police say thieves cost a south Wichita pavement recycling center more than $100,000. The theft at the Cornejo plant occurred sometime Monday night or early Tuesday. The plant crushes old highway pavement into small rock for new pavement. Plant supervisor …
The Texas Department of Insurance announced that the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has lowered the maintenance tax rate to 1.543 percent of gross premiums collected by workers’ compensation insurance carriers from Jan.1, 2013 through Dec. 31, 2013. The maintenance …
The rural communities of Fairmount and Lidgerwood, N.D., are flanked by mainline rail systems, while Hankinson is dissected by a major rail line. Train traffic is an everyday occurrence there, which carries a certain degree of risk when motorists pass …
XL Group’s Specialty insurance businesses in North America are teaming up in a new Luxury Lines initiative, collaboratively extending their equine, aviation, yacht, fine art, and kidnap, ransom & extortion coverages to protect high net worth private customers and their …
Fla.-based Patriot National Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation insurance provider, announced a partnership with Stonewood National Insurance Company, an affiliate of the Franklin Holdings, LTD Group. Under their partnership arrangement, Patriot will write workers’ compensation insurance through its Managing General …
Chevron Corp. said a Pennsylvania well continues to burn for a second day as the company seeks to shut off the flow of natural gas at the site south of Pittsburgh. “We are developing a site-specific safety plan to identify …
Former Livingston Parish, La., contractor Corey Delahoussaye pleaded not guilty to 81 charges of public record fraud and theft after he allegedly falsified billing invoices related to parish Hurricane Gustav cleanup work. The Advocate reports Delahoussaye entered his plea Wednesday …
Two top officials in the San Francisco Fire Department are among those subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating an incident in which a firefighter suspected of being drunk drove a ladder truck into a motorcyclist and left the …
Federal officials are denying West Virginia’s request for emergency grants to help nonprofits and public agencies that responded to last month’s chemical spill. FEMA said Wednesday that it determined additional federal assistance isn’t warranted because certain costs associated with response …