Catlin Group Ltd, the insurer paying for two Malaysian Airline disasters, rose the most in more than a year in London trading after reporting record earnings even as deteriorating rates plague the industry. Pretax profit more than doubled to $318 …
When coal-cleaning chemicals seeped into West Virginia’s biggest water supply in January, the city of Cincinnati had a decision to make 200 miles downstream. As the city feared, a sheet of contaminants cruised down the Elk River, into the Kanawha …
A Topeka woman who has had eight major surgeries to rebuild her face after she survived two shotgun blasts has been awarded nearly $12 million in damages against the man convicted of trying to kill her. Kansas laws that limit …
Product liability litigation and regulatory activities in the U.S. often become intertwined. Product liability claims and lawsuits can generate reports to the government and recalls. And, on the flip side, recalls can generate product liability and other lawsuits and contribute …
A former insurance agent in Creek County has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for embezzling premium payments from elderly clients, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Donna Laverne Parrick, 50, pleaded guilty to six counts of embezzlement and also …
A southwestern Indiana fire department is facing an uncertain financial future after finally emerging from years in the red. Vincennes City Council President Duane Chattin tells the Vincennes Sun-Commercial that revenue projections indicate the department will need to make cuts …
A former state lawmaker from Myrtle Beach, S.C., who had his run for the U.S. House derailed by a harassment arrest has now been indicted on 14 federal charges. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Thad Viers helped a man who defaulted on …
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is testing a software system that aims to increase the safety of motorists and decrease the number of crashes. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the agency has been piloting a system called Crash Reduction Analyzing …
A judge threw out a lawsuit filed by an Alabama man who claims a botched circumcision resulted in the amputation of his penis, ruling Thursday that the complaint wasn’t specific under state malpractice law. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Jim Hughey …
A Bosnian man whose home was swept away by flooding has seen his attempts at rebuilding fall prey to a new round of floods. Torrents in May swept away Besim Tutnjic’s house in the village of Zeljezno Polje. He bought …