One way or another, California’s next insurance commissioner will be the first of his kind. The June 5 primary features Democrats Dr. Asif Mahmood and Sen. Ricardo Lara against former commissioner Steve Poizner. Mahmood would be the first Muslim to …
Connecticut moved closer Saturday toward adding a $12 annual surcharge on the insurance policies of every residential homeowner to financially help hundreds, if not thousands, of homeowners with crumbling foundations pay for costly repairs. After emotional appeals from eastern and …
Health officials along Georgia’s coast are encouraging residents who qualify to get their names on the Hurricane Registry. The Savannah Morning News reports that people with functional, access, or medical needs can receive help when hurricanes threaten Georgia’s coast. The …
After two years of declines, overall legal spend is rising, according to the 2nd Annual Study of Effective Legal Spend Management released by Exterro Inc., a software provider specifically designed for in-house legal and IT teams at Global 2000 and …
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has settled with Cloverplace condominium association over disputed sinkhole repairs. Under the settlement agreement reached Monday, Citizens will pay claims for repairs on sinkhole damage up to policy limits for 109 residents at the complex …
Over the past five years, Nationwide processed more than 10,000 workers’ compensation claims due to a multitude of accidents from construction-related businesses. One of the most common — and costly — causes of claims occur when construction workers fall from …
People use monthly subscriptions to pay for lots of things they used to buy: music, smartphones, books and even clothes. Why not cars? That’s the thinking behind car subscription services that are cropping up in Los Angeles, San Francisco, the …
The season formerly known as spring may be on sabbatical, but for Jeanne McAlary and her neighbors, spotting Robin O’Neill, their longtime and much beloved mail carrier, darting around outside their homes is a harbinger of warmth. “She is really …
A majority of condo owners at the 35-story Marco Polo have voted in favor of retrofitting the building with automated sprinklers several after a deadly fire raged through the building last year, killing four people. Marco Polo condo owner Sam …
Officials in the Texas county hardest hit by Hurricane Harvey voted on Tuesday to request that an August special election be set for a bond referendum in which residents could be asked to approve as much as $2.5 billion to …