Expected Summer Floods Could Set Record July 7, 2011 By Molly O'Toole With rivers still running above flood stage and soils saturated, forecasters predicted Wednesday this summer flooding season could rival the...
Hankin Joins DeCotis as Senior Account Exec July 7, 2011 Rhode Island-based agency DeCotis Insurance Associates has named Joshua Hankin as senior account executive. He will be responsible for the...
Keystone Signs New Tennessee Franchise Partner July 7, 2011 Swallows Agencies of Cookeville has become a franchise partner of Keystone Insurers Group in Tennessee. The Swallows Agencies has four...
Kentucky Police Say Texting While Driving Law Tough to Enforce July 7, 2011 Kentucky police agencies say the commonwealth’s texting-while-driving statute is well intended, but difficult to enforce. The law took effect a...
Pennsylvania Lawsuit Seeks GM Repairs of 400,000 Impalas July 7, 2011 General Motors Co. has been sued by a Pennsylvania woman seeking to force the U.S. automaker to fix rear-end problems...
Demolition of Flooded Homes on Iowa Island Begins July 7, 2011 Contractors have started tearing down homes damaged in 2008 by flooding on San Souci Island in Waterloo, Iowa. Twenty houses...
Brown Joins RSA Board as Executive Director July 6, 2011 The UK’s RSA Insurance plc announced the appointment of Adrian Brown to its Board as an Executive Director as of...
Ratings Recap: United, Aviva Canada, Jupiter July 6, 2011 A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Barbados-based...
Berkshire Joins Group Bidding for Citi Consumer Loan Unit: WSJ July 6, 2011 Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has joined the group bidding for Citigroup Inc.’s consumer lending unit, the Wall Street Journal...
Portugal Adds to Europe Woes as Banks Meet on Greece July 6, 2011 A credit rating downgrade to Portugal [by Moody’s Investors Services] added to fears Europe’s banks face heavy euro zone losses...