Monthly Archives: June 2008

The floodwaters that have surged across much of Iowa this month have inspectors looking for damage to the state’s already...

California-based software giant Oracle is further expanding its stake in the insurance industry by agreeing to acquire the insurance software...

Westbrook, Maine-based Acadia Insurance Co. has named Colleen Conroy vice president of marketing. Conroy has been tasked with refining Acadia’s...

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a”...

The Port of New Orleans has set up a “satellite” office and taken steps in case another storm strikes the...

Walls and levees held back the cresting Mississippi River Sunday as requests for government aid poured in from homeowners and...

U.S. nursing homes are pushing against an effort in Congress to invalidate arbitration clauses in admissions contracts, a change that...

Many Roman Catholics believe that the worst of the clergy sex abuse scandal is over. But in the Diocese of...

The Cortina Inn in Killington, Vermont, which closed two months ago after being linked to Legionnaires’ disease, has filed for...

Democrat Gene Reed has formally entered the race for state insurance commissioner. Reed is a longtime employee of the insurance...