The PLRB is launching a new series of webinars based on hot topics from the national conference. The first webinar will be broadcast this week. Property adjusters routinely settle claims that evolve from covered fire losses. Developing a strategy to …
Jorge Bellomo and Eugenio Ulowicz were arrested after an undercover operation led by the Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF), Florida Fish & Wildlife State Law Enforcement and the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department uncovered their scheme …
A Harvard University student who fell from an off-campus building over the weekend has died. Harvard officials say Andrew Sun died at a Boston, Mass., hospital at about 4 a.m. Monday. Sun was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with critical …
Backcountry skier Ben Hatchett realized he’d overlooked important weather conditions about the time he heard the distinctive hissing sound of wet snow sliding down a steep mountain. It was early June, 2013 and he was skiing the Cooper Spur, a …
The March oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel is just one of the hundreds of spills occurring in Galveston Bay each year. The Houston Chronicle reports that statistics from the Houston Advanced Research Center show that Galveston Bay has …
A new audit says the state Department of Transportation and Development needs to improve its inspections of Louisiana’s bridges. Auditors say the department falls short of full compliance with federal guidelines about the inspection frequency and procedures that should be …
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered the state Workers Compensation Commission to determine what benefits should be paid to former Ripley alderman Lonnie Smith. The Supreme Court rejected arguments, in a 6-3 decision Thursday, from Tippah Electric Power Association that …
Edna Jones was in third grade when the tornado hit Stamping Ground, Ky., on April 3, 1974, and for months she slept fully clothed, waiting for it to come back. Jones’ family lived 3 miles outside of Stamping Ground, between …
The sister of a man who was killed in a keg explosion at a New Hampshire brewery two years ago has filed a federal lawsuit against three companies involved in the manufacture and distribution of the keg. The Portsmouth Herald …
A judge has ruled in favor of an Ogden, Utah, woman in a lawsuit over a severe dog bite. Second District Judge Mike DiReda found that Sara Loving was owed $250,000 in damages from defendants James and Cindy Davis for …