Global broker Willis Group Holdings Limited reported net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 of $89 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, compared with net income of $45 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, a year ago. “The …
Bars and restaurants in the city of Greenville and Beaufort County are a step closer to becoming smoke free. Council members in both governments gave initial approval Monday to proposed smoking bans in public places. Greenville City Council voted unanimously …
Apex’s fire chief told a North Carolina state task force this week that he was prepared to lose an entire city block when a chemical fire ignited an industrial waste recycling plant earlier this month because he didn’t know what …
New Technology Helps Keep Industry Veteran on Top Stamford, CT – National consulting and insurance services firm Regional Reporting, Inc., announced today that its customers have completed more than 100,000 calculations using the patented XML technology of e2Value, Inc. Regional …
A Columbia, S.C. company has been fined $3,000 after a worker fell to his death in Rock Hill. Two employees of Capitol City Erectors did not use a fall protection system while working on Winthrop University’s new fitness center on …
A former Jamestown, R.I. town councilor found liable in his wife’s scuba diving death has appealed the jury’s verdict and is asking the state Supreme Court for a new trial. A jury deliberated for less than three hours last February …
A study of affordable housing needs along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast received a shot in the arm with additional donations by state and national realtor organizations. The study by the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute will focus on low- and moderate-income …
Maine’s highest court this week reinstated a lawsuit targeting VIP Inc. over a fatal collision caused by one of its employees, but Chief Justice Leigh Saufley criticized the ruling as harmful to the state’s business climate. In the 3-2 ruling, …
A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week against health insurer Aetna Inc., one of its subsidiaries and the Connecticut Department of Insurance, hoping to stop the sale of new health insurance plans it claims are a scam. Phil …
By allegedly refusing to offer quotes for group health coverage to certain small business, as required under the Georgia insurance code and using sales agents that were not properly appointed, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia incurred a $600,000 …
