February 8, 2008
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a licensed professional counselor has pleaded guilty to charges of perjury in a workers’ compensation fraud-related case in a Travis County, Texas, district court. John Ann Morgan of Bellaire, Texas, was sentenced to one …
February 8, 2008
A proposal aimed at preventing theft of pricey metals like copper is moving through the Tennessee Legislature. The measure sponsored by Sen. Jim Kyle, D-Memphis, unanimously passed the Senate last Wednesday. Kyle says as the price of copper has increased …
February 8, 2008
State officials say southeastern Minnesota has received more than $77 million in state aid to help the area recover from last August’s devastating flooding. The money received so far is part of a $157 million emergency relief package signed by …
February 8, 2008
An insurance company is suing the Bay St. Louis-Waveland, Miss., School District over wind versus water damage related to Hurricane Katrina. Cathedral Capital Limited has asked a federal judge to determine what is its liability under its policy with school …
February 8, 2008
After two more days of grueling questions to Florida state regulators and insurance company executives, a special Senate panel wrapped up its business Tuesday as confused as when it began. In fact, the Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability decided …
February 8, 2008
Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham & Associates announced it has partnered with Allred-Thompson-Mason-Daugherty (ATMD) in an effort to broaden its Texas presence. ATMD is a general lines insurance agency based in Wichita Falls, Texas, with two offices in Granbury and Henrietta, …
February 8, 2008
A fire that tore through a store on the first floor of an apartment building on New York’s Upper East Side injured 33 people Thursday morning, including 19 firefighters, officials said. All of the injuries were minor except for one …
February 8, 2008
A storm that dumped some 20 inches of windblown snow on southern Wisconsin earlier this week left hundreds of motorists caught in a massive traffic backup while bringing schools, buses and airports across the region to a standstill. The big …
February 8, 2008
Two independent agencies from South Central states were among the six insurance firms from across the country recognized as “Top Performing Agencies” by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and Reagan Consulting, an Atlanta-based management …
February 8, 2008
In Jackson, Tenn., Union University President David Dockery has estimated damages from Tuesday night’s tornado could reach $40 million. A severe storm that hit the school in 2002 caused $2.6 million in damages. Dockery says he had expected damages from …