P/C Insurers’ Profits Fell in Q1 as Underwriting Losses Grew June 22, 2011 Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes dropped to $7.8 billion in first-quarter 2011 from $8.9 billion in first-quarter...
Virginia County to Charge for Ambulance Trips June 22, 2011 Virginia’s Prince William County plans to begin charging health insurance companies for ambulance trips. On July 1, the county will...
Mississippi County Covered for Misused Funds June 22, 2011 The bonding company for Alcorn County supervisors is repaying the county more than $95,000 to repay funds the state auditor...
3 Men Rescued from Collapsed Kentucky Mine June 22, 2011 By Bruce Schreiner Three men who spent more than half a day trapped underground in a flooded southeastern Kentucky coal mine waded out...
Mining Rule on Coal Dust Becomes Permanent June 22, 2011 Federal regulators are making permanent an emergency rule implemented last year requiring underground mines to do more to control explosive...
Crews in Flint Battled 11 Fires at Vacant Homes June 22, 2011 Three firefighters suffered heat exhaustion while battling a string of 11 fires at vacant homes on Flint’s east side on...
Transocean Report Pins Gulf Oil Spill Blame on BP June 22, 2011 Transocean Ltd , the owner of the oil drilling rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico last...
Tokyo Electric Power Facing $1.1 Billion in Mental Distress Claims June 22, 2011 Tokyo Electric Power estimates it will have to pay 88 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in compensation for mental distress caused...
Law Firm Spent $7 Million to Sue Wal-Mart June 22, 2011 By Leigh Jones Joseph Sellers is in the hole by about $7 million and does not expect to dig his way out any...
Firms Shift Cybersecurity Responsibility to Frontline Employees June 22, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz and Roy Strom If your company gets hacked, it may very well be your fault, and if your bank account gets broken into...