70 Homes in Buffalo Suburb Damaged by Flooding January 14, 2014 Residents in a suburban Buffalo neighborhood are dealing with the aftermath of weekend flooding that has left dozens of homes...
Councilor Urges New York City Require Public Address Systems in High-Rises January 14, 2014 A New York City lawmaker is proposing a new fire-safety requirement for high-rise apartment houses after a playwright died trying...
Volunteer Firefighters Exempted from Obamacare Mandate January 14, 2014 By Alex Wayne U.S. cities and towns won’t be required to provide health insurance for volunteer firefighters, a reprieve from federal Obamacare rules...
Top 10 Corporate Risks in 2014: Allianz Risk Barometer January 14, 2014 Business interruption (BI) and supply chain, natural catastrophes and fire/explosion top the list of company risks in 2014, according to...
Chemical Firm, Local Water Company Sued Over West Virginia Spill January 14, 2014 By Linda Sandler 13 Jan 2014 20:12 A West Virginia chemical maker was sued along with a local water company over a spill...
Top 2013 Jury Awards: Price-Fixing, Nursing Home Liability, Defamation January 14, 2014 By Margaret Cronin Fisk U.S. juries awarded three verdicts of $1 billion or more for the third straight year in 2013, topped by a...
Obamacare to Ramp Up Pitch to Younger Insureds January 14, 2014 By Alex Wayne and Mike Dorning The U.S. government said it would ramp up Obamacare outreach in 25 cities to lure younger people to the program...
German Public Sector Insurers Unlikely to Merge: Fitch January 14, 2014 German public-sector insurers, which include Versicherungskammer Bayern and Provinzial Nordwest Holding AG, are unlikely to merge, Fitch Ratings said. “There...
Virginia Tech, USGS Install Seismic Stations in Central Va. for Earthquake Study January 13, 2014 Researchers are preparing to conduct a two-month study of earthquakes in central Virginia, a region that has a history of...
Mass.-Based Corcoran & Havlin, Sciarratta & Doucette Announce Merger January 13, 2014 The Corcoran & Havlin Insurance Group in Wellesley, Mass., recently announced it has merged with Needham, Mass.-based Sciarratta & Doucette...