Hot, dry weather over the past 10 days has rekindled a fire in North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest, authorities said Monday. Over the last couple weeks, the fire at Shortoff Mountain has grown from 1,900 acres to 3,000 acres, according …
Aon Risk Services, the retail brokerage and risk management arm of Aon Corp. recently announced that Kevin Pastoor has joined the company’s Southfield, Mich. office as resident sales director. Pastoor comes to Aon from Liberty Mutual’s National Accounts group, where …
An eastern Kentucky coal mine operator who lied to insurance companies about the number of employees he had was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday. Harold Simpson, who has operated mines in several eastern Kentucky counties, must also …
New Jersey drivers buckle themselves in, but do so while speeding and scorning New Yorkers, according to a new university poll. The poll also found Garden State men are more likely than women to drive after drinking or when drowsy …
Guests at a high-dollar New York fundraiser for presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton were treated to cocktails, dinner and an hourlong business tutorial from billionaire Warren Buffett. Buffett, the founder of the Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and one …
A 45-year-old man who suffered a stroke because doctors failed to treat an infection that spread to his brain was awarded $11.7 million in damages by a jury. The jury awarded the judgment to Joey Crumes, who at the time …
North Hollywood, CA – QuotesAuction.com is the nation’s leading internet insurance marketing group that specializes in proving quality insurance leads to insurance agents. The company has implemented a new multi-layer quality control system to verify validity of leads automatically, prior …
Insurance agents in Florida are gearing up for a special legislative session on whether to keep the state’s no-fault personal injury protection auto insurance law. Professional Insurance Agents of Florida Government Affairs Director Ron Villella noted that Gov. Charlie Crist …
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes dipped to $15.8 billion in first-quarter 2007 from $16.7 billion in first-quarter 2006 and $17.7 billion in first-quarter 2005, according to industry analysts at the ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers …
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has promoted Beatriz Sanchez to program manager for State Fund’s Los Angeles Claims Services. Sanchez brings two decades of workers’ compensation experience to her new post. She started her State Fund career in 1987, …
