Work is beginning on an Upper Peninsula trail to clear overgrown sections and address safety issues caused by poor visibility. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says contractors will start working to clear vegetation from five segments of the Houghton-to-Chassell …
IAS Claim Services celebrated its 30th anniversary as a national independent insurance claims service provider. The company was founded in 1984 in Richardson, Texas and has since grown in to a multi-million dollar company with nationwide coverage. In 2006, IAS …
A Reno, Nevada, science museum has been issued two citations after a tornado demonstration last month led to a flash fire that injured 13 people. Spokeswoman Teri Williams of the Nevada Occupational Health and Safety Administration says each of the …
A southern Kentucky store owner is scheduled for arraignment next month on charged that he set fire to his business to collect an insurance settlement. Kentucky State Police say 53-year-old David Kevin Ring of Brownsville torched Ring’s Crossroad Market on …
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced Amy Allen as a fraud prosecutor who will work exclusively with criminal prosecutors in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office to combat insurance fraud. Allen worked previously as an assistant city attorney and …
In 2013, a total of 11,486 heavy equipment thefts were reported to law enforcement—an increase of 5 percent from the 10,925 reported in 2012, according to the latest report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The report, co-produced with the …
A Texas Panhandle apartment building that was heavily damaged by a deadly explosion this weekend had problems for months with gas odors at the structure, according to residents. Saturday’s explosion at the six-unit apartment complex in Borger killed one person. …
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is ordering twice daily monitoring for anyone returning from places the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates as affected by Ebola. Scott signed the order Saturday, giving the Florida Health Department authority to monitor …
Two phone companies – TerraCom Inc. and YourTel America Inc. – unwittingly posted the Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses and other sensitive data of up to 300,000 clients to the Internet, an investigation found, and federal regulators said on Friday …
Fire departments are struggling to get the safety suits needed to protect emergency crews responding to patients who may have Ebola, their union said in a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama seeking help. The International Association of Fire Fighters …