Two law enforcement officers form the New Orleans area have been sentenced for their roles in a plot to make a fraudulent insurance claim. U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced 43-year-old former New Orleans Police Sgt. Kevin Guillot to …
Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted David L. Thompson, Jr. to divisional president of its Specialty Property and Casualty AgriBusiness Division. Thompson joined Great American in 2006 and has held positions of increasing responsibility within the …
Maryland’s highest court has ruled former Washington Redskins punter Tom Tupa is eligible for workers compensation for an injury while warming up for a preseason game in 2005 at FedEx Field.The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that ample evidence …
Erie, Pennsylvania-based Erie Insurance announced three officer appointments. Richard Burt has been promoted to executive vice president of product. In this role, Burt will oversee Erie’s three business lines – personal, commercial and life insurance. He joined the company in …
Floodwaters from Haw Creek cost Cummins Inc. an estimated $220 million dollars in property damage in 2008. The Indiana-based company is making an investment to make sure that never happens again. South of Haw Creek, near the intersection of State …
According to its official tourism marketing corporation, the State of Florida welcomed 87.3 million visitors in 2011, whose $67.2 billion of spending generated nearly a quarter of the state’s sales tax revenue. As the nation’s most important locus for travel, …
U.S. property/casualty insurers’ operating performance improved significantly in the first half of 2012, according to Fitch Ratings. The aggregate combined ratio of 47 publicly traded property/casualty (re)insurers improved to 96.2 percent through mid-year 2012 from 107.9 percent in the prior …
A man with HIV who said he was denied a position with the police force has reached a settlement with the city of Atlanta, his lawyers said. The city would pay $250,000 under terms of the agreement, Lambda Legal said. …
The Tennessee Valley Authority is legally responsible for a 2008 accident that sent 5 million cubic yards of toxic coal sludge oozing into a small community in eastern Tennessee, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan …
Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened on Friday as it took aim at flood-prone Haiti, but it was not expected to become a hurricane until it barreled into the Gulf of Mexico early next week. On its current path, forecasters said the …
