New Hampshire state troopers might have writer’s cramp after a July Fourth holiday weekend in which they stopped 7,000 vehicles, wrote more than 6,000 tickets and made 38 drunken driving arrests. Extra holiday highway patrols ran from Friday, June 30, …
Lloyd’s new 360 Risk Project is dedicated to examining issues that affect the insurance industry, and its first conference took on today’s most far-reaching and important issue – the debate over climate change, global warming and greenhouse gasses. In a …
A program intended to prevent illegal immigrants from fraudulently applying for Medicaid has been delayed in North Carolina, possibly until late September, two months after its scheduled start date, officials said. Until then, people applying for the federal health insurance …
All vehicle passengers, even those in the back seat, would have to buckle up in North Carolina under a bill that the House tentatively approved Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C. Lawmakers approved the mandate, which would levy $75 in fines and …
Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited has entered into a contract to purchase Link Forsikringsmegling AS, described as “the leading insurance broking and employee benefit business in Oslo” with annualized revenues for 2005 of approximately $5 million. Further terms …
Wis. Governor Jim Doyle created a panel Wednesday to study how more people can get health insurance and how businesses can cut their health care costs. Doyle will direct the 18-member Healthy Wisconsin Council to figure out how to cut …
A conservative group this week filed suit to stop Michigan State University from offering health insurance to the partners of gay workers and said the school is violating a 2004 amendment to the state constitution. The American Family Association of …
Berkshire Hathaway said Wednesday that it had completed the acquisition of 80 percent of Iscar Metalworking Companies. Berkshire announced in May that it would pay $4 billion for the stake in the privately held Israeli company, which makes metal cutting …
Government attempts to deter terrorism can backfire and promote invigorated reprisals and a cycle of violence, according to a new study by University of Maryland researchers. The study is based on a review of what the researchers say is the …
The New York State Legislature once again missed an opportunity to help calm a growing homeowners insurance crisis in the downstate region, according to the state’s insurance agents. With insurance companies such as Allstate, MetLife and others restricting and even …
