A federal judge in Alabama wants a prominent lawyer involved in a Hurricane Katrina insurance case charged with criminal contempt for what he said was circumventing his order to give up documents secretly copied by two whistleblowers. U.S. District Judge …
Motorists will have to be more careful about using their seat belts, young drivers will have to keep off their cell phones, and domestic partners will now be covered under the state’s Family Medical Leave Act, as a result of …
Alarmed by the number of near-collisions in the nation’s skies last year, U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler has introduced a bill aimed at taking a closer look at the Federal Aviation Administration’s airport safety programs. The bill, called the FAA Aviation …
The New Jersey Supreme Court has scuttled what little remained of a lawsuit against paint makers by 26 towns and counties that wanted them to cover the cost of removing lead paint, which was banned in 1978 as a health …
The three companies that insure the majority of Protestant churches in America say they typically receive upward of 260 reports each year of young people under 18 being sexually abused by clergy, church staff, volunteers or congregation members. The figures …
The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., long known as a home for French and American paintings, is making room for a $90 million British invasion thanks to a donation from the foundation of Sir Edwin Manton. Works by Renoir, …
Former Maryland attorney general Joseph Curran has accepted an executive position with the Injured Workers Insurance Fund, a quasi-public agency that provides workers’ compensation insurance. Curran, 75, had expressed his interest in the top job at IWIF, which he applied …
The director of the National Hurricane Center, who has been outspoken in warning about an aging satellite used for hurricane forecasting, was chastised by a superior for his comments. Bill Proenza has been talking about the QuikScat satellite since taking …
The Bermuda-based ACE Tempest Re Group, the reinsurance division of the ACE Group of Companies, has announced a series of executive appointments in its Bermuda, Europe and U.S. operations. Andreas Lewin, ACE Tempest Re President and CEO has been appointed …
In what it described as a “challenge to the UK market,” Ace launched its new “Spectrum” coverage, which it described as a “combined package policy which offers a new minimum standard of protection for large to medium companies.” ACE Spectrum …
