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OSHA CAVE-IN FINDING:

A Franklin, New Hampshire contractor faces $50,750 in fines from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for...

FORMER COMMISSIONER DEBELLIS DIES

Former Insurance Commissioner Michael “Mickey” DeBellis died in Greenville, Ala., on Nov. 15. He was 77. DeBellis was commissioner under...

SEPT. 11 AID LOST:

Congressional budget negotiators have decided to take back $125 million in Sept. 11 aid from New York, which had fought...

EMA DIRECTOR ADDRESSES WEAKNESSES

The failures that left thousands of Florida residents unprepared for Hurricane Wilma should be addressed by launching a new election-style...

COLO. COMP PREMIUM TO DECREASE

Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the standard premium for workers’ compensation in Colorado will de-crease an average of 1 percent, as...

VICARIOUS LIABILITY AWARD:

The New York State Supreme Court has awarded $21 million to an accident victim, setting what is believed to be...

FAIA YOUNG AGENTS COUNCIL FORMED

A new Young Agents Council has been formed by the Florida Association of Insurance Agents in Tallahassee, Fla., to perpetuate...

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