A southeast Georgia county will spend $1.9 million to buy three fire trucks and three water tankers, part of a strategy to increase fire protection and cut property insurance rates in rural areas. The Statesboro Herald reports Bulloch County commissioners …
Homeowners in South Dakota’s largest city might soon get a break on their insurance bills. The Insurance Services Office that scores about 48,000 fire departments nationwide is upgrading Sioux Falls’ public protection grade to the second-best mark that a fire …
A new analysis shows that while the private U.S. property/casualty insurers suffered deteriorating results in 2011, they still ended the year with a strong and improved fourth-quarter. Private U.S. P/C insurers’ net income after taxes fell to $19.1 billion in …
Florida residents in rural areas may be having fire insurance difficulties now that insurers have begun using revised community fire ratings that rate some rural counties a high risk for fire loss. The industry’s Insurance Service Office has assigned new …
