Nearly 300 new hurricane gates are being installed between Richmond and Norfolk to make it easier to evacuate people fleeing the Hampton Roads area in case of a major storm. The $5.8 million project will add the gates to entrance …
A Billings, Mont., company is voluntarily recalling bottled water it produces under the Red Lodge Spring Water label after a positive coliform bacteria test, the state health department said. Yellowstone Ice & Water discovered the problem and immediately notified all …
Mudslides damaged many homes and forced the evacuation of at least 125 people from the area around Alpine in Chaffee County, Colo., County Fire Chief Jim Wingert said. “It’s going to take a lot of work to bring Alpine back …
In its latest attempt to block a Washington regulation that insurers say would drive up insurance rates, the insurance industry association has launched a public campaign to take their issue to the ballot box. A campaign bankrolled by insurance companies …
San Diego-based Golden Eagle Insurance, a regional company of Liberty Mutual Group’s Agency Markets business unit, has honored five of its appointed agencies with the 2006 Chairman’s Award, which is presented to the company’s highest performing insurance agencies. Senior representatives …
The number of people who died on the nation’s roads fell last year, leading to the lowest highway fatality rate ever recorded and the largest drop in total deaths in 15 years, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced today. …
Atlanta-based Pritchard & Jerden Inc., named Brian Boro and Shannon Price as partners at their annual Board and Shareholder Meeting last week. Boro and Price will also be added to the Board of Directors. John Allan, Dave Mathews and Andi …
Insurance agents, financial advisors and financial planners are wasting thousands of dollars on expensive bus bench advertisements, junk mail post card marketing, dinner seminars, yellow pages, and ineffective newspaper ads. On the other hand, top producers spend their marketing budget …
OneBeacon Insurance Group has named Ron Trahan as regional vice president of its Maine territory. Trahan will oversee all of OneBeacon’s business in the state, with particular emphasis on midsize and small commercial business and personal lines. Trahan was most …
North Carolina lawmakers made a mild breakthrough last week on medical malpractice reform, agreeing to limit monetary damages in certain health care negligence cases. The bill would cap monetary damages in negligence cases involving a health care provider at $1 …
