Levees protecting a sprawling neighborhood north of downtown are so weak that water from the Sacramento River is seeping through, threatening about 60,000 residents, federal officials said early this week. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency …
Networked Insurance Agents, a national provider of markets, programs, and placement services to insurance agents, has appointed Cindy DeKay as territorial sales vice president for Metro Los Angeles. DeKay comes to Networked from Mendota Insurance Co., where she was responsible …
The Louisiana Supreme Court will hear arguments Feb. 26 to decide whether homeowner insurance policies cover water damage done to thousands of south Louisiana properties when the levees broke after Hurricane Katrina. Joseph Sher, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor and resident …
Louisiana’s new agriculture commissioner, Mike Strain, wasted no time in ending his department’s much criticized use of non-construction employees for major building projects. The state’s Office of Risk Management recommended an end to the practice to limit the state’s liability. …
The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that a Shreveport bail bond agent has been arrested, issued a cease and desist order, a revocation of his license and fine for the felony crime of filing false public documents and extortion. Willie …
A bill that would install a slew of safety measures into Pennsylvania’s long-outdated law protecting coal miners received unanimous approval from a state Senate committee this week. The bill, which is headed for a floor vote in the full Senate …
The Minneapolis and Chicago offices of Engle Martin & Associates, Inc., a national independent insurance adjusting and claims administration firm, have moved to expanded facilities, the company recently announced. The Minneapolis office, whose service area includes the core states of …
More than two dozen Appalachian families who have lost loved ones in coal accidents are supporting a federal bill that would mandate more safety measures. Among the supporters are the widows of the 2006 Kentucky Darby underground explosion that killed …
Stephen F. Bollenbach, former CEO of Hilton Hotels Corp., has been elected to the board of directors of American International Group. Bollenbach, 65, has also served as a CFO of the Walt Disney Co. and CEO of Host Marriott Corp., …
NASCAR’s insurance company has settled with the family of a Florida woman and infant killed last year when a plane owned by the racing organization slammed into their home, the family’s attorney said Monday. The agreement was reached last week …
