Eight people at a Raleigh, N.C. motel have been taken to a hospital after being exposed to carbon monoxide from a faulty water heater. Raleigh Fire Department Division Chief James Poole told the News & Observer of Raleigh on Tuesday …
A nearly week-old oil well fire in Anderson County, Tenn. was extinguished Tuesday, but officials worried about the danger of lingering natural gas vapors asked residents to stay away. A spokeswoman for the Environmental Protection Agency told Knoxville’s WVLT-TV that …
A section of construction crane plummeted 30 floors at the site of a high-rise condominium in Miami, Fla., killing two workers and smashing into a home that the contractor used for storage, police said. Five other workers were injured, one …
Insurance Journal is sponsoring a major study of critical relationships in the independent agent system. Channel Harvest Research, a partnership of The van Aartrijk Group and Campbell Communications, is fielding the national survey of independent insurance agents, which probes agents’ …
A measure that would have banned text messaging and e-mailing while driving in Hawaii has died at the state Capitol. Senators had approved the proposal, but the House Transportation Committee did not hold a hearing on it by the deadline. …
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is asking the federal government for help with the salmonella outbreak in Alamosa that has sickened more than 200 people. Ritter has asked the Department of Health and Human Services for help from its experts. Tests …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty promoted Jim Bennett to director of market investigations for the Office of Insurance Regulation. Bennett will report to General Counsel Steve Parton. Bennett joined the OIR in October 2004 where he initially served as senior …
The Vermont Supreme Court has denied an appeal by an Elks lodge found to have discriminated against women, saying it failed to show any “reversible errors” in a 2005 trial. In an entry order received by the parties last week, …
Massey Energy has been fined nearly $4,500 for safety violations the state says contributed to a fatal accident at a West Virginia coal mine. Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training inspectors found the violations while investigating the Dec. 4 …
U.S. capital markets again lost ground against global competitors last year, highlighting the need to streamline regulation and crack down on excessive securities litigation, industry experts said Wednesday. The United States received only 6.9 percent of the funds raised in …
