California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched the first-in-the-nation Disaster Corps to professionalize, standardize and coordinate trained disaster volunteers statewide. Disaster...
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The National Hurricane Center in Miami continues to track a low pressure system, which developed earlier this week [See IJ...
BP Plc faces at least 243 U.S. lawsuits so far arising from its role in the Gulf of Mexico oil...
As time ran out on the Louisiana legislative session, lawmakers were unable to complete a deal on a Senate Bill...
Marsh has appointed Caroline Woolley as Property Practice Leader, and Alain Petit-Lambotte as Casualty Practice Leader, for Europe, the Middle...
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has designated another $5 million – for a total of $10 million – of the $25...
With BP’s offshore oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico as a backdrop, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled that...
A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit rating...
Eleven East Coast states have told BP they will hold it responsible for any losses caused by its still-growing oil...
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has filed a Petition for Discovery and Investigation against British Petroleum in state court in...