West Virginia Judge Approves DuPont $70 Million Pollution Settlement January 7, 2011 A pollution case involving a former zinc-smelter site in West Virginia has been resolved with DuPont agreeing to pay $70...
Top Workers’ Compensation News in 2010 January 4, 2011 Soft market conditions with unabated price competition and a slow economy with reduced payrolls continued to affect commercial liens including...
2010 Was U.S. Coal Industry’s Deadliest Since 1992 January 4, 2011 By Tim Huber The U.S. coal industry had its deadliest year in nearly two decades in 2010, with much of the death toll...
Inspections Reducing Mine Safety Violations: U.S. Official December 28, 2010 By Tim Huber Conducting special inspections to crack down on mines with poor safety records appears to be working, the federal Mine Safety...
Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t December 23, 2010 By Andrew G. Simpson The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the...
J.M. Wilson Hires Craycraft as Branch Manager in Ohio December 21, 2010 Managing general agency J.M. Wilson has added Chuck Craycraft as branch manager in Westerville, Ohio. Craycraft will oversee the staff...
Madison Ranked Safest Metropolitan Area to Live December 16, 2010 Madison, Wis., is the most secure U.S. community among large metropolitan areas (population of 500,000 or greater) according to the...
State Says Massey CEO Won’t Testify in Mine Explosion Probe December 14, 2010 Outgoing Massey Energy executive Don Blankenship is refusing to testify as planned next week about the explosion at the Upper...
Insurer, Agent Help Rebuild West Virginia Fire Station December 13, 2010 Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department is getting $10,000 from State Farm Insurance to help replace a fire station and three fire...
People December 5, 2010 Aon Corp. reported that Andrew Appel, the firm’s chief operating officer, will be leaving the company at the end of...