California Couple Sentenced in $1M Workers’ Comp Fraud Case February 16, 2022 Carmen Hall Soruco, 70, and her husband Antonio Soruco, 75, both of Novato, California, were sentenced after pleading guilty to...
Higginbotham Acquires HR Services Firm WhitneySmith in Texas February 15, 2022 Higginbotham has acquired Fort Worth, Texas-based WhitneySmith Company, a provider of HR advisory services. WhitneySmith will expand the service capacity...
Austin Water Director Resigns After Second Boil Order in Four Years February 15, 2022 The director of Austin’s water department resigned Feb. 11, days after employee mistakes at a treatment plant put the city...
Relatively Weak Hurricane Elsa Caused $1B in Damage Last Year February 15, 2022 Hurricane Elsa, which made landfall on July 7, 2021, with winds of 86 mph, caused about $1 billion in damage...
Detroit Program to Target Basement Flooding During Intense Storms February 15, 2022 Detroit is starting a program to reduce chronic basement flooding during intense storms. The program initially will target two neighborhoods...
Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Trial Will Test Contractors’ Liability February 15, 2022 Jury selection starts Feb. 15 in a trial to determine if engineering contractors bear responsibility for lead-contaminated water in Flint....
Ohio Electric System Settles Lawsuits Seeking Corporate Reform February 15, 2022 Akron, Ohio-based First Energy announced it has settled a series of shareholder lawsuits seeking corporate reforms in the wake of...
Probe Begins After Oklahoma City Apartment Fire Smoldered For Days February 15, 2022 Investigators were set to begin digging through rubble to determine the cause of a massive fire that smoldered for four...
Oklahoma Commission Approves 2021 Winter Storm Cost Recovery Orders February 15, 2022 The Oklahoma Corporation Commission voted to approve two orders for state utilities to recover natural gas costs incurred during the...
Investment Gains Float Weight of $5.6B Underwriting Loss for U.S. P/C Insurers in Nine Months 2021 February 15, 2022 An increase in capital gains on investments is largely credited with lifting the after-tax net income of private U.S. property/casualty...