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NC Commissioner, Firefighters Question New Law Making Fire Marshal a Separate Office

North Carolina’s Republican supermajority in the legislature has thrown a curveball to the state’s insurance commissioner and fire marshal, a position that until recently has mostly stayed above partisan politics. A late change to the state’s $30 billion budget, approved …

Third Child Dies Following House Fire in North Carolina

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — A third child has died following a weekend house fire in North Carolina, officials said. Fire-fighting crews were dispatched to a one-story public housing duplex in Concord, northeast of Charlotte, shortly after 1:00 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters …

New Jersey House Fire That Killed 4 Ruled an Accident

A fast-moving house fire in southern New Jersey that killed four family members, including a four-month-old baby, has been ruled an accident, authorities said Wednesday. Two women, an infant and a teenage girl died in Tuesday`s fire in Lacey Township, …

‘Fundamental Fairness’ Favors Lender’s Claim to Fire Insurance Funds After Foreclosure

The estate of a Maryland man who, along with one of his children, was killed in a fire in his home is not entitled to all of the proceeds from the fire insurance policy because the homeowner still had a …

Woman Forced Child to Start Fire to Collect Insurance, Georgia Commissioner Says

Georgia authorities said a 34-year-old woman has been charged with arson and child cruelty after she forced her stepchild to light fire to her home in order to collect insurance payments. Courtney Sellers, of Screven, in southeast Georgia, was arrested …

Fire Kills Almost Every Animal at Florida Wildlife Center

An early morning fire on Thursday killed nearly all the animals at a wildlife center in Florida, officials said. News outlets reported the fire broke out around 3 a.m. Thursday at the Alligator and Wildlife Discovery Center in Madeira Beach, …

Man Behind 2021 Walmart Fires Along Gulf Coast Sentenced to 18 years

An Alabama federal judge has sentenced the man who admits being the leader of a scheme to set fires to Walmart stores along the Gulf Coast to 18 years in prison – double the recommended sentence. As part of a …

Court Finds Insurer’s Evidence Insufficient to Support Subrogation Suit

Circumstantial evidence suggesting a fire that damaged four buildings in the Queens neighborhood of New York City was caused by improper use of extension cords was not enough to allow an insurer to proceed with a subrogation lawsuit, a federal …

Mississippi Town Looks to Insurance After Fire Ravages Historic Train Depot, Museum

McCOMB, Miss. — A massive fire wrecked a Mississippi city’s train depot and museum, a beloved restored landmark that dates back to McComb’s founding as a railroad town. No cause has been immediately determined for the fire that broke out …

Bills Addressing Last Year’s California Wildfires Have Insurers Concerned

Insurance industry representatives said on Thursday they are working with the authors of pair of controversial bills approved by a committee in the California state Senate that are designed to give relief to victims of the massive wildfires last fall. …