U.S. Tells Industry to Further Test Safety of Nanotechnolgy Products April 23, 2012 By Anna Yukhananov U.S. health regulators said consumer products that use nanotechnology may have unknown effects on the human body, and advised food...
North Carolina Employers Face Jail Time Over Uncovered Workers’ Claims April 23, 2012 By Michael Adams North Carolina officials are requiring insurers to expedite the payment of workers’ compensation patients medical and wage-loss benefits or risk...
Senate Bill Would Revamp Federal Crop Insurance Program April 23, 2012 By Charles Abbott U.S. farm subsidies would get a 21st Century make-over to protect grower revenue from ruinous losses, the biggest threat to...
Republicans Prepare Should Supreme Court Overturn Healthcare Plan April 23, 2012 By David Morgan Republicans in Congress are getting ready to answer an election-year question that has dogged the party’s campaign for months: How...
OSHA Hit for Taking Too Long to Adopt Workplace Safety Rules April 23, 2012 By Sam Hananel The nation’s premier worker safety agency takes nearly eight years on average to adopt new safety regulations, government auditors said...
Some Acceleration Claims Against Toyota Dismissed April 22, 2012 By Sue Zeidler Toyota Motor Corp. has won the tentative dismissal of some claims in the class-action lawsuit brought by owners of its...
N.J. School District Pays $4.2M to Student Paralyzed by Bully Attack April 20, 2012 A New Jersey board of education says it wasn’t its decision to enter a $4.2 million legal settlement with a...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Moten Associates in Pennsylvania April 20, 2012 Brown & Brown of Pennsylvania Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., said it acquired assets of Moten Associates,...
AIG Adopts FASB Accounting Update, Revises Up 2010-11 Income by $5.1B April 20, 2012 American International Group Inc. said Thursday it revised up net income from 2010 and 2011 by a combined $5.096 billion...
SIAA Signs 4 New Agency Members in South Central Region April 20, 2012 The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it signed four new agency members in South Central states during March. SIAA...