Alaska is testing its tsunami warning system this week, and officials say they’re using the event to remind Anchorage residents they don’t have to worry. Kattaryna Stiles is acting director of the Anchorage Office of Emergency Management. She says it’s …
Arizona’s Court of Appeals has ruled that an administrative law judge erred in finding that an off-duty police officer’s gunshot injury in the course of protecting a friend was not due workers’ compensation because the officer’s employment rules required him …
Experts say the death of 6-year-old Abigail Taylor from the injuries she suffered in a swimming pool accident probably means the targets of a lawsuit will pay less in damages. Abigail died last week, nine months after she sat on …
The Western Insurance Agents Association has engaged in a partnership with MexiPass Global Assurance, a Mexican insurance providers. MexiPass programs are underwritten by AIG-Mexico to introduce a new opportunity “that will help its member community to prosper,” according to WIAA …
Forecasters issued flash-flood warnings for parts of Arkansas’ prairie as the state’s largest water surge in a quarter-century continued its way downstream. Swollen by last week’s storms that devastated large parts of the Midwest, the fast-rising White River had risen …
Kyson Johnson, a special assistant in the specialized crime division of the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, has been named Prosecutor of the Year by A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC). Johnson was honored for his work in fighting …
David W. Lacefield has been appointed executive vice president of the NLASCO Group, a wholly owned insurance subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc. of Dallas (HTH). NLASCO President and CEO Greg Vanek announced the appointment of Lacefield to the executive management …
HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. has promoted Jackie S. Kellems to vice president of Enterprise Risk Management, the Houston-based company announced. Kellems has worked in various capacities for HCC and subsidiary Houston Casualty Company since joining the company in 1994. She …
Two policyholders of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. have filed a federal lawsuit against board members and former executives of the corporation, which was established by the state as an “insurer of last resort” for people who could not …
In a ceremony attended by Ohio’s physician leaders, Governor Ted Strickland today signed House Bill 125, some refer to as the most sweeping physician-insurance industry contract reform bills in the country, into law. The new law, which will take effect …
