A diver died Saturday while working on the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, apparently gashing his leg on an underwater metal sheet while preparing the wreck for removal, officials and news reports said. Italy’s civil protection agency, which is overseeing the removal …
The Iowa Supreme Court recently held that a third-party beneficiary is granted no greater rights under an insurance policy and is bound by the same limitations as the policyholder. In Osmic v. Nationwide Agribusiness Ins. Co., No. 12-1295 (Iowa Jan. …
A pilot program that provides medical and other services to victims of asbestos exposure has been expanded to include 18 additional counties in Montana, Idaho and Washington. The program offers home assistance, mileage reimbursements for medical travel and other benefits …
Just 60 miles south of Glynn County, the lively community of Fernandina Beach, Fla., relies heavily on tourists – just like the Golden Isles. But unlike the Golden Isles, Fernandina Beach spends more than $200,000 a year on safety measures …
Several Cape Cod communities are still waiting for federal reimbursement for repair work after Superstorm Sandy in October 2012 and the blizzard of February 2013. The Cape Cod Times reports that Sandwich, for example, had $5 million in public safety …
Over the past several years in Texas, there has been considerable uncertainty among carriers and policyholders over the scope of the contractual liability exclusion (exclusion b) in the standard CGL policy as it relates to garden-variety breach of contract claims …
In 2013, Texas drivers and homeowners filed the fewest number of complaints against their insurance companies since the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) began keeping records, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. According to TDI’s Consumer Protection division, there was …
ACE Group announced the introduction of the ACE Catastrophe Liability Plus Policy (Construction) for the construction industry through its Excess Casualty Division. The new policy, which is designed for construction wrap-ups, consolidates multiple catastrophe liability specific endorsements into one single …
The Food and Drug Administration is proposing new rules to keep food safe while it’s transported. The rules announced Friday are part of a sweeping food safety law signed by President Barack Obama in 2011. They would require many larger …
West Jefferson Medical Center is working on what hospital officials describe as a hurricane-hardening project to secure its windows. New Orleans CityBusiness reports the work is part of a series of upgrades underway at the hospital in Jefferson Parish. It’s …