In Rapides Parish, Louisiana, officials know they have a problem with abandoned, rundown properties. That poses another problem: what to do with them. As economic conditions have stagnated, rising numbers of properties have been vacated and left to decay. The …
Florida insurance officials have agreed that three Bermuda-based reinsurers can participate in Florida’s insurance marketplace without having to post millions of dollars in extra collateral. The Office of Insurance Regulation’s (OIR) agreements are with Ace Tempest Reinsurance Ltd., Hiscox Insurance …
Thousands of laborers, police officers and firefighters suing New York City over their exposure to toxic World Trade Center dust have until Monday to decide whether to join a legal settlement that could ultimately pay them as much as $815 …
New York regulators have finalized guidelines for how agents and brokers are to reveal to clients their commissions, but at least one trade group says any changes to the rules thus far have been “underwhelming.” The department released a new …
Election results have created uncertainty at the Michigan Supreme Court where 18 cases were scheduled to be argued in December before Republicans won two seats to put conservatives in control on Jan. 1. Justice Alton Davis, a Democrat, was defeated …
The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a Long Beach man who wanted the state to release records that would show the dollar amount of Hurricane Katrina claims denied by insurance companies. In 2009, …
Alma Salas printed out an application for Extreme Home Makeover the night before her house was destroyed by fire. “It wasn’t a perfect home, but I bought it with intentions of building it up,” she said. “Now it makes me …
The family of an inmate who died in prison is suing the town of Walnut Grove and a private corrections company, claiming Dennis Earl Holmes was denied adequate medical care before dying of what the plaintiffs believe was treatable diabetes. …
West Virginians essentially chose a new state chief executive when they voted to send Gov. Joe Manchin to the U.S. Senate, but his Tuesday win has also forced to the forefront questions about the succession process. Senate President Earl Ray …
Incoming Republican legislative leaders said they are considering calling a special session in the coming weeks to override some of Gov. Charlie Crist’s vetoes. Crist’s veto of a property insurance bill could be on the list of vetoes to be …
