Massachusetts Woman Gets Prison in Glass-Eating Scheme December 29, 2010 A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after admitting that she and her husband...
North Carolina Principal Gets Workers’ Compensation After Shooting December 29, 2010 A North Carolina middle school principal who blames his April 2009 shooting on his fight against gangs will receive workers’...
Brown & Brown Acquires Florida’s Comcover Insurance December 28, 2010 Insurance broker Brown & Brown of Florida Inc. has agreed to buy to buy substantially all of the assets of...
Contractor’s Blow Torch Starts $2M Fire at D.C. School December 28, 2010 Interim D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson says damage to a northwest Washington school is severe after a three-alarm fire, and...
People’s United Merges Its Insurance Agencies December 28, 2010 Connecticut-based People’s United Bank said it will combine all of its insurance agencies into a single business entity — People’s...
New York City Ponders Benefits of Pay As You Drive Insurance December 28, 2010 By Kenneth J. St. Onge New York City is considering whether pay-as-you-drive auto insurance could reduce congestion and pollution in the Big Apple. The city’s...
Inspections Reducing Mine Safety Violations: U.S. Official December 28, 2010 By Tim Huber Conducting special inspections to crack down on mines with poor safety records appears to be working, the federal Mine Safety...
FACTBOX: 25 Ships and Crews Still Held by Somali Pirates December 28, 2010 Somali pirates have released the Marida Marguerite, a German-operated chemical tanker after receiving a $5.5 million ransom, the Kenya-based East...
Rates Rising But Florida Home Insurers Report Still Losing Money December 28, 2010 Many Florida homeowners expected relief from the higher property insurance bills that followed the busy 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons....
Gay Miner Suing Massey West Virgina Unit Charges Harassment December 28, 2010 A gay coal miner is suing a Massey Energy Co. subsidiary, charging that management didn’t protect him from abusive co-workers....