North Carolina Passes Law Targeting Employers Without Workers’ Comp June 25, 2012 By Michael Adams North Carolina business owners may find it harder to escape having workers’ compensation coverage after state lawmakers approved a bill...
Alpha Seals West Virginia Mine Where 2010 Blast Killed 29 June 22, 2012 Alpha Natural Resources has completed sealing the West Virginia mine where an explosion killed 29 workers in 2010. Alpha spokesman...
Sinkhole Threatening Homes in Tampa Bay Area June 22, 2012 A giant sinkhole swallowed the back half of a Tampa Bay area home and is threatening nearby homes. Homeowner Susan...
South Carolina House Overrides Veto of Insurance Tax Earmark for Wildfires June 22, 2012 By Seanna Adcox The South Carolina House this week overrode Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of a bill that would provide an agency with...
Normandy Harbor Names Sublet as Marketing Director for Southwest Florida June 22, 2012 Workers’ compensation carrier Normandy Harbor Insurance Co. has hired Robert E. Sublet as director of marketing for southwest Florida. In...
Appeals Court Throws Out Kentucky Bank’s Investment Lawsuit June 21, 2012 A Kentucky-based bank that lost at least $14 million on mortgage-backed securities failed to read documents associated with the investment...
Kentucky Governor Promoting New Drug Law for Miners June 21, 2012 Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is promoting a newly passed law that permanently revokes the credentials of miners who fail drug...
Mississippi Man Jailed for Insurance Fraud June 21, 2012 A 31-year-old Jones County, Miss., man is jailed on an insurance fraud charge. The state attorney general’s office told the...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Alabama’s Whitehaven Insurance June 20, 2012 Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Whitehaven Insurance Group, Inc. in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Terms...
Lawsuit Claims Driver in Kentucky Tour Bus Crash ‘Crazed,’ Speeding June 20, 2012 A lawsuit filed over the wreck of a tour bus in south-central Kentucky this month contends the driver was operating...