Motivated by federal ethical standards, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has divested his interests in two Utah-based, family owned corporations. Because his agency oversees the insurance and animal health industries, Leavitt has had to sell his interests in …
Eliot Spitzer’s “reckless efforts to land himself on the front page” with high-profile investigations of America’s financial institutions are “making it harder to do business and create jobs in New York,” according to state GOP Chairman Stephen Minarik. The line …
Farmers may lose millions of dollars in insurance payments for their sprout-damaged wheat because of widespread mistakes in sampling their crop at Kansas grain elevators, state officials said. Kansas Agriculture Secretary Adrian Polansky, in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ann …
The city of Lake Havasu, Arizona has been told by its insurance company that its policy will not be renewed, apparently because the carrier fears too much liability related to carbon monoxide at the lake. The city received a non-renewal …
It’s Not Just the Insurance Industry Using Credit Scores to Size-Up Customers Brenda Matthews thought she had a new job lined up at Johnson & Johnson headquarters in New Jersey. After applying online for a position as a patent specialist, …
High-tech charts and up-to-the-minute data meticulously track Hurricane Frances as employees run storm simulations that pop out specific damage estimates for certain zip codes. The office is not run by a federal disaster agency, it’s an extension of the Benfield …
Insurance company Liberty Northwest gave far more money than it had initially said to a nonprofit group battling its rival, the SAIF Corporation. According to tax returns, Liberty Northwest poured more than $700,000 into Oregonians for Sound Economic Policy, the …
Shockoe Bottom’s 17.5 Ethos Cafe didn’t have flood insurance. With a 21-foot flood wall shielding the historic, low-lying area in Richmond, Va., from the nearby James River, part-owners of the cafe, Kathy Emerson and Damon Persiani, saw no need to …
It’s Not Just the Insurance Industry Using Credit Scores to Size-Up Customers Brenda Matthews thought she had a new job lined up at Johnson & Johnson headquarters in New Jersey. After applying online for a position as a patent specialist, …
High-tech charts and up-to-the-minute data meticulously track Hurricane Frances as employees run storm simulations that pop out specific damage estimates for certain zip codes. This office in Atlanta is not run by a federal disaster agency, it’s an extension of …
