The U.S. coal industry had its deadliest year in nearly two decades in 2010, with much of the death toll...
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As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No...
As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No...
Conducting special inspections to crack down on mines with poor safety records appears to be working, the federal Mine Safety...
Somali pirates have released the Marida Marguerite, a German-operated chemical tanker after receiving a $5.5 million ransom, the Kenya-based East...

The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the...

A federal judge in Louisiana recently let 10 insurance companies being sued by Louisiana homeowners over property damage resulting from...
Whitney Crowder doesn’t remember the day her father died. What happened Dec. 16, 2000, has gone down in state history:...
A woman was indicted last week in the Eastern District of Louisiana for allegedly filing fraudulent claims for compensation due...
Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help...