Lawmakers want to know why federal mine safety regulators didn’t assess penalties for hundreds of citations issued since 2000, and what is being done to correct the problem. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration discovered the problem after it …
General Star Management Co. has introduced the Excess Auto Quick Quote Program, a new product that will be available to all its existing excess liability clients as of Feb. 4, 2008. The program will provide capacity for small excess commercial …
A Mississippi homeowner whose lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina damage ended with a jury verdict that favored his insurance company said Tuesday he has no plans to file an appeal in the case. On Monday, an eight-member jury ordered USAA Casualty …
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has joined the American Council On Renewable Energy and the U.S. Green Building Council. Peter Thompson, vice president, Chubb & Son, and worldwide energy manager for Chubb Commercial Insurance, said Chubb became a member …
The state Fire Marshal’s Office has ordered the University of Tennessee to begin a 24-hour fire alert and watch at a dormitory hit by two fires on consecutive days. University spokeswoman Karen Collins says four law enforcement officers will be …
High winds buffeted Mississippi as a storm system passed through Tuesday, injuring a Jones County resident and causing damage and power outages statewide. The extent of the Jones County victims’ injuries was unclear Tuesday night, though the person was taken …
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs clinics in Middle Tennessee and south central Kentucky have reopened. Water from a broken pipe earlier this week damaged computers that manage information for those clinics. Routine appointments in primary care and specialty care clinics, …
Donegal Group Inc., based in Marietta, Pa., is moving to amend the intercompany pooling agreement between Donegal Mutual and Atlantic States Insurance Co., its largest insurance subsidiary. Subject to approval by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, the proposed amendment will increase …
A bill providing $12 million over three years to help flood and tornado damaged rural communities rebuild gained first-round approval Tuesday in the Senate. A final vote of approval sends the bill to the House. Starting in the fourth year, …
Hit by an increase in catastrophe losses, Northbrook, Ill.-based insurer Allstate Corp. saw its profit drop by more than 37 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. The fourth quarter net income of …
