Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it will pay a $45.5 million dividend to qualifying policyholders in April. LWCC’s board of directors declared the dividend for the calendar year 2007, and the Louisiana Department of Insurance approved it on Feb. …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced its new workers’ compensation purchasing group: Texas Recreation Purchasing Group (TRPG). The group helps members reduce their workers’ compensation premiums and improve their safety programs. TRPG is open to qualifying golf clubs, tennis clubs, country …
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced an agreement with CVS Pharmacy Inc. that resolves the state’s April 2007 enforcement action against the nation’s largest retail pharmacy. CVS was charged with violating state laws that govern the disposal of customer records …
New York-based Mutual Marine Office Inc. said it has acquired from Excel Underwriters Alliance Inc. a book of professional liability insurance covering insurance agents, brokers and related professionals. Excel is an underwriter specializing in errors and omissions insurance. Its founder, …
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said late Tuesday it will begin a 48-hour release of water into the Missouri River from an upstream dam at midnight. Efforts earlier by state of Missouri to stop the release failed. Attorney General …
Remember, this is only a test. Tornado sirens blared at 9:50 a.m. in a statewide drill on Wednesday ordered by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week. In his proclamation, the governor says it’s essential for …
Carbon monoxide poisoning is believed to have sent five men to a hospital in Camden County, New Jersey. Police say the men were sleeping in a vacant strip mall shop that they were refurbishing into a Dollar General store in …
Connecticut prosecutors say a state correction officer faces a fraud charge for running a 40-yard dash in high heels while he was supposedly too injured to work. State prosecutors say Garrett A. Dalton of Naugatuck dressed up as a woman …
New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine on Wednesday will officially receive a recommendation that the state require all motor vehicle passengers to wear seat belts. It’s part of a report on teen driving safety and comes nearly a year after …
A big concern after last summer’s flooding in southeast Minnesota was that the population in some small towns would evaporate, but officials say that’s not happening. Senator Amy Klobuchar toured Goodview, Houston and Rushford to see how the flood recovery …
