Vermont is on schedule to close most residents’ Tropical Storm Irene-related government aid cases by late summer, meaning they will have safe housing by the second anniversary of flooding that damaged more than 7,000 homes, according to a report released …
The nonprofit Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers received $75,860 from the employees of insurance agency BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Co. along with Jim and Kathy Pender, Marc Brynes and The Oswald Companies. DVIC is a nonprofit organization with the mission to educate, …
A Florida court’s ruling that the state’s 104-week limit on injured workers’ temporary benefits is unconstitutional could increase costs by $65 million, says the workers’ compensation industry’s rating organization. The National Council on Compensation Insurance released its analysis of a …
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A.M. Best Co. said Wednesday it has downgraded the financial strength rating of Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. in Richmond, Va., and its subsidiaries to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent). Additionally, Oldwick, N.J.-based ratings agency A.M. Best said the …
A security company being sued over the theft of $60 million worth of pharmaceuticals from an Eli Lilly and Co. warehouse in Connecticut in 2010 insists there is no proof the thieves used a report it prepared detailing the building’s …
Oklahoma’s Dental Act was intended to ensure patient safety, but limited funding for regulators, a small staff and a state prohibition against surprise inspections restrict its effectiveness when there’s trouble. The state Dentistry Board claims a Tulsa-area oral surgeon ran …
A Waterloo, Iowa, hospital is close to finalizing a $2 million class-action lawsuit that compensates African-Americans who say they were denied jobs and promotions because of their race. Allen Hospital will pay 35 individuals a total of about $1 million …
By a party-line vote, an Oklahoma House committee approved the latest version of a plan to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system after more than an hour of questioning and sometimes angry debate. The House Judiciary Committee cleared the bill …
A deadly tornado that swept through east central Indiana 60 years ago could cause much more destruction if it swept through today because of suburban sprawl. The April 9, 1953, twister originated in Illinois and ended near Albany. It measured …
