At least 471 cases of pet kidney failure have been reported in the 10 days since a nationwide recall of dog and cat food and about a fifth of those pets have died, a veterinarians’ information service said. The maker …
Flashlights, radios, tarps and other hurricane supplies would be tax free for 12 days at the beginning of hurricane season, under a measure the Florida House has under consideration. Floridians received a similar tax break last year leading into hurricane …
A former campaign supporter of Alabamam Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Montgomery filed the suit last …
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has reached another settlement with a Mississippi Gulf Coast couple who sued the insurer over damage to their home from Hurricane Katrina. State Farm spokesman Phil Supple told The Associated Press the settlement with …
Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 1,031,090 subordinate voting shares of Cunningham Lindsey Group Inc. from a group of third party investors. Fairfax explained that the “Cunningham Lindsey shares will be …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to German insurer Wuerttembergische Versicherung AG (WuerttVers) with a stable outlook. “The ratings reflect the company’s excellent business profile in the …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Lloyd’s of London, and the ICR of “a-” of the Society of Lloyd’s. Best also affirmed the debt …
A New York woman was convicted this week of murdering her husband of 20 years by slipping him a fatal dose of antifreeze in a drink. Jurors deliberated less than three hours before convicting Marguerite Bork of second-degree murder. Bork, …
The Mississippi Supreme Court has assigned judges to hear challenges by candidates disqualified by political parties for statewide or legislative office. Most of those removed from the ballot filed as Democrats, but there is one Republican. At the head of …
National Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (NSU) has announced the hiring of Dianne O’Donnell as sales executive, and Meghan Hamilton as account manager for NSU Healthcare, a division of the company that specializes in the wholesale of medical professional liability to retail …
