The state of Illinois has begun a public awareness campaign to remind drivers that all hand-held cellphone use is now illegal. Under a law that took effect Jan. 1, Illinois drivers can only use speakerphones or headsets that feature voice-activated …
Toyota said Wednesday it is recalling 1.9 million hybrid Prius cars globally for a software glitch that could cause the vehicle to stall. Toyota Motor Corp. said that 997,000 Prius cars in Japan, some 713,000 in North America, another 130,000 …
A group of teenagers who support a ban on texting while driving in Oklahoma are meeting at the Capitol to push for a new state law to prohibit the practice. A group that calls itself “Generation tXt” has scheduled a …
To help communities prepare residents for the possibility of a wildfire, State Farm is providing funding to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Wildland Fire Operations Division. Local organizations will receive monetary awards through this grant to support and implement …
Employers can now find state and national data about non-fatal workplace injuries on the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) website. The data, compiled as part of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2012 Survey of Occupational Injuries and …
Insured losses to residential and commercial property from flood waters which swamped Central Texas on the night of Halloween totaled $30,183,611, according to figures released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The insured losses represent 584 homes and businesses …
Recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the insured’s eight month delay in providing notice of the involvement of a phantom vehicle in an accident violated the policy’s notice requirement, voiding UM coverage without it showing of prejudice to the …
Data thefts at U.S. retailers have rekindled enthusiasm in Congress for a single federal law on how customers should be notified about such breaches, but those efforts face the same roadblock as in the past: dozens of overlapping state laws …
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura contends he isn’t going after the widow of slain “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle by continuing his defamation lawsuit, but rather the publisher’s insurance company. “It’s not me against her,” Ventura said in a wide-ranging …
Six additional suspects were arrested in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving a series of staged auto accidents in Bertie and Hertford Counties, according to an announcement made by North Carolina’s insurance commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Three people were arrested in …