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INSURERS OFFERING GRACE PERIODS

Some insurance companies are suspending billings or offering grace periods for payments from Alabama customers affected by Hurricane Katrina, according...

VESTA PREDICTS ITS KATRINA LOSSES

Preliminary gross income losses of from $500,000 to $1.2 million have been predicted by the Vesta Insurance Group of Birmingham,...

Calif. Workers’ Comp Bill Tabled

A bill aimed at closing a loophole in California’s workers’ compensation laws that allows doctors to profit from big markups...

FEMA DENIES KATRINA VICTIMS AID

South Floridians whose homes were destroyed or heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina have to look elsewhere for someone to pay...

POLLUTION COSTS FIRM $28 MILLION:

A Connecticut-based company that contaminated California’s San Gabriel Valley groundwater with its metal cleaning and degreasing procedures has agreed to...

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