Federal and state emergency management teams on June 5 began assessing damage in areas in the 10 Ohio counties impacted by late-May tornadoes. The Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA) joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small …
About 600 Tulsa County homes and business were inundated during recent historic flooding along the swollen Arkansas River, city officials said. Joe Kralicek, executive director of the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency (TAEMA), said roughly half of the swamped structures …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking into ways to allow farmers who have been unable to plant crops due to rains and waterlogged fields to qualify for farm aid payments, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said. The government agency is …
Of the two types of weather hazards — floods and tornadoes — that beset Oklahoma in May, flooding won out as the most widespread and damaging, according to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS). Still, at least 61 twisters struck Oklahoma …
A federal jury in Milwaukee has awarded $2 million each to three men who sued three major paint and pigment companies which the men claimed were responsible for the lead poisoning they suffered as toddlers in their homes. The jury …
Surplus lines premium in Texas has consistently broken records each month in 2019, according to data recorded by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). For the first five months of this year, each recorded total has been the …
The Surplus Line Association of California board has voted to adjust the stamping fee to 0.25%, effective Jan. 1, 2020, the group announced earlier this month. The stamping fee has been set at 0.2% for seven years, the longest recorded …
National Ryan Specialty, Atlantic Specialty Ryan Specialty Group has acquired the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines Inc. The ASL team is now a part of R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group. The deal expands …
A cannabis company paid a $6.3 million settlement to a Nevada dispensary co-owner who claimed the company skimmed millions of dollars from dispensary profits, according financial documents. California-based Terra Tech reached a settlement with Heidi Loeb Hegerich, a co-owner of …
The inland marine insurance segment has grown steadily in the past decade in tandem with increases in construction spending and the transport of goods, with direct premiums written nearly doubling to $24.5 billion in 2018 from $13.3 billion in 2009, …
