Truck inspectors will be fanning out across Connecticut this week to look for safety violations on tractor-trailers and other large commercial trucks in response to another serious crash on Avon Mountain. Thirty inspectors will be deployed to highways and other …
Typhoon Wipha, the season’s 13th named storm in the Western Pacific, is on a course to come ashore on the Chinese mainland early Wednesday morning, local time. The storm is currently over open water north of Taiwan. Sustained winds of …
W. R. Berkley Insurance (Europe), Limited announced that it has submitted a final application to the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) to establish a branch office in Australia. The new unit will be headquartered in Sydney, and conduct business under …
Gov. Sonny Perdue extended an Executive Order that allows permitting through Sept. 30 for oversized trucks removing burnt timber from any of 21 southeast Georgia counties affected by wildfires this spring. These were the largest wildfires in Georgia’s recorded history. …
A massive natural gas explosion in Philadelphia, Miss., leveled a medical clinic, injured nine people and shattered windows at a nearby hospital, authorities and witnesses said. No fatalities were reported. The medical clinic, which contained four doctors’ offices, was gutted …
A worker was killed Sunday in an underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, a state mine safety official said. Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training said one person died at the Mountain …
West Virginia officials indicted a Raleigh County woman earlier this month on one felony count of filing a fraudulent insurance claim. Robin Grose, 28, of Beckley, W. Va., allegedly filed a claim with her insurance company, United States Automobile Insurance …
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield recently announced plans to build a new $175 million headquarters in downtown Des Moines. The health insurer signed an agreement Friday to gain control of 61/2 acres of downtown property, most from Iowa Health-Des …
Indianpolis-based the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently named David L. Lehman, president of Mennonite Mutual Insurance Co., Orrville, Ohio, as the 2007 recipient of the Chairman’s Award. The award was created to recognize leadership, accomplishment, and outstanding …
San Diego, CA – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency’s, Inc. new Professional Liability Division joins the company’s portfolio of nationwide products by offering Accountants Professional Liability, Insurance Agents Professional Liability and Miscellaneous Professional Liability. The programs were formerly affiliated with London …
