To hear proponents tell the tale, the reason the U.S. Senate voted yesterday to gut reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program that it had approved overwhelmingly just 18 months earlier was to stem the effects of the most serious …
President Barack Obama has issued a major disaster declaration to help Vermont recover expenses from December’s severe snowstorms. The declaration on Wednesday triggers the release of federal money to cover some of the emergency work and repairs to damage caused …
Appel Insurance Advisors, a Newton, Mass.-based insurance brokerage, has hired veteran attorney Joseph H. Newberg as director of business development. Newberg recently retired as a tax partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in Boston and was formerly a shareholder …
The U.S. Labor Department says New York private industry employers reported about 146,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2012. That translates to 2.5 cases per 100 full-time workers. The agency says New York was one of eight states to …
Selective Insurance Group, based in Branchville, N.J., posted $25.3 million in net income for its 2013 fourth quarter, up from $1.3 million net income posted during the 2012 fourth quarter which included impacts of Superstorm Sandy. For the full year …
The attorney representing families of six workers killed in a 2010 explosion at Tesoro’s Anacortes oil refinery have settled a lawsuit against Tesoro and Shell Oil Co. Attorney David Beninger told KING-TV the wrongful death suit was settled last month …
A federal lawsuit filed against the city of Tulsa by a man who was freed from prison following an investigation into police corruption has been settled for $425,000. Larry Wayne Barnes Sr. was convicted in April 2008 of two drug …
A judge in Los Angeles has reinstated a lawsuit by Nicollette Sheridan over her firing from “Desperate Housewives.” The ruling on Wednesday could lead to a new trial on her claim that she was improperly ousted from the show. City …
Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has launched a mobile device-compatible “Insurance Licensing Search.” The webpage is redesigned to be “mobile-first responsive” and accessible to with an Internet browser on their mobile device, according to the department. …
When it comes to contests, promotions and prizes, the Super Bowl hasn’t always been kind to Dallas-based SCA Promotions. Over the past decade, the prize/promotion insurer has paid out more years than not on contests related to football’s greatest game. …
