A sheriff’s deputy who was run over by his own police vehicle after it was stolen by a Jefferson man on Christmas five years ago is entitled to compensation from his personal car insurance company, Maine’s highest court ruled. The …
The owner of an abandoned ground zero skyscraper where two firefighters died said it will fix hazardous stairwells, clear out combustible debris and make several other safety changes. Officials said shortly after the Aug. 18 blaze that the firefighters who …
Four homes were destroyed and 37 other damaged by a raging forest fire in the Pinelands last May, but a sand and gravel company is seeking more than 98 percent of the damages sought from the military for causing the …
Dublin-based Research and Markets has added Datamonitor’s new report: “Global Non-life Insurance” to their offering. R&M said its “Global Non-life Insurance industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the non-life insurance industry. It includes detailed …
Swiss Re has recognized the Nature Conservancy for its commitment to sustainable watershed management in Jamaica. The reinsurer announced that as part of its International ReSource Award competition, it has given the organization $70,000 to help fund a river clean-up …
The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking Tropical Storm Karen, the eleventh named storm of the current season. As of 5:00 a.m. AST, Karen was located about 1565 miles (2520 kms) east of the Windward Islands, and poses …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty touted the need for a comprehensive national plan, and a national catastrophe fund at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Southeast Zone meeting in Mobile, Ala., Monday. Although the focus of the meeting was …
Los Angeles- Anchor Consulting Group, one of the leading IT consulting firms in Southern California, is meeting the distinctive IT support needs of the insurance sector with industry-specific strategic service plans which allow Anchor to proactively monitor their clients’ networks …
Penn.-based Erie Insurance recently announced that the company plans to write business in Minnesota beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009. . “We are looking forward to entering Minnesota because of the substantial growth opportunities the state provides for our …
A giant tsunami struck Seaside, Ore. last week — at least, a model version of the town, built by researchers at Oregon State University to demonstrate the potentially devastating effects of a real tsunami. “This is sort of a ‘sim’-tsunami,” …
