Maine has licensed two new workers’ comp insurers, one of them a new company that will begin writing this month,...
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Defense lawyers for former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn may argue that he had a mental or emotional defect when his...

North Carolina insurers are looking to raise rates from 7 percent to 25 percent, or an average 20.9 percent statewide,...
Chambers County officials are defending their spending of tens of millions of federal dollars for cleanup from Hurricane Ike after...
Almost immediately after being sworn into office on Tuesday, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones signed an emergency order to enforce...
Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business...
A new state law protecting health care professionals who volunteer at school sporting events from being sued has gone into...
When it comes to the legal profession, there are two known facts: claims against lawyers tend to increase in an...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has appointed Ted Nickel, an insurance company veteran, as commissioner of insurance and Dan Schwartzer, an...

U.S. property insurers like Travelers Cos. Inc. and Chubb Corp. were expecting a relatively mild fourth quarter for catastrophe losses,...