University of Maryland Project Aims to Improve Storm Predictions December 2, 2013 By Josh Bollinger, The Star Democrat Scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory have a new project in the works...
Oregon Murder-Suicide Lawsuit Blames Chantix Prescriber December 2, 2013 A Eugene, Ore. woman whose husband killed the couple’s son and himself has sued the dentist who prescribed her husband...
Oregon Lawsuit: Patients Tested For HIV Without Consent December 2, 2013 Two Oregon residents have sued a health care provider that screened them for HIV without their permission. The Oregonian reported...
Seatbelt Use Ticks Up in Annual Utah Survey December 2, 2013 Officials with the Utah Department of Public Safety say more people are wearing seatbelts this year than they were a...
Schinnerer Launches Energy Program on Admitted Basis in Eight States December 2, 2013 Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. is now offering its energy program on an admitted basis in Texas, Alabama,...
Kittell Named Director of Agency Real Time/Download Campaign December 2, 2013 The insurance industry’s Real Time/Download Campaign, which aims to improve workflows for independent agencies, has named Elizabeth Kittell as campaign...
N.Y. Settling Worker-Insurance Claims With AAA Issue: Muni Deals December 2, 2013 By Priya Anand and Freeman Klopott The New York Dormitory Authority is borrowing $370 million this week to repay workers’ compensation claims, the first sale under...
New York Metro-North Derailment Puts Spotlight on Rail Safety December 2, 2013 By Esmé E. Deprez, Angela Greiling Keane and Peter S. Green A deadly derailment on a curve in Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson Line rekindled safety concerns and promised to snarl today’s commute...
Old Republic Insurance Sues Georgia City Over Runway Construction December 2, 2013 An insurance company is suing the City of Macon, claiming that a corporate jet crashed because the city improperly built...
Insurance Lab in South Carolina Aims to Alter ‘Cycle of Destruction’ December 2, 2013 By Seanna Adcox The insurance industry hopes a 21,000-square-foot lab in rural South Carolina can help revolutionize the way homes are built and...