Columbia, S.C. firefighters say at least a dozen Richland County hydrants have been vandalized by thieves seeking brass, leaving them not working. Deputy Chief Aubrey Jenkins says the thieves are taking the operating nuts and stems of the hydrants, which …
A state safety expert says snowmobile crashes on Wisconsin trails have killed 24 riders so far this winter, considerably more than a year ago. But Gary Eddy says he expected the casualty figure to be higher by now given the …
According to the state Department of Public Safety, the 145 people killed on South Dakota highways last year dropped 24 percent from 2006. The department says that’s the fewest number of fatalities since 1993. The number of fatal crashes ,129, …
Bring Something To The Table Other Than Just A Price; Bring Something You Know The Competition Doesn’t Have… A Trade Specific General Liability Safety Program. There’s all the information you could ever want for workers compensation safety, but try to …
Millions of Floridians sweated. Restaurant owners tossed out their food. Motorists battled each other even more than usual. And all for something that should have been just a blip on the electrical grid. An equipment malfunction in a substation near …
American International Group , the world’s largest insurer, is expected to report a quarterly loss Thursday, with crippled mortgage investments taking a $5 billion bite out of its derivatives portfolio. Analysts’ average forecast is a loss of 18 cents a …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of United Fire & Casualty Group and its five P/C members, which operate under a business pooling agreement led …
Mercator Risk Services, a New York specialty wholesale insurance broker, recently announced that Senior Vice President Robert L. Martin, the Regional Sales manager for the Northeast, will now be responsible for the Midwest region as well. Martin has more than …
For many in the coastal town of Cordova, Alaska, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster was an event so crushing that hard-bitten fishermen still get teary-eyed recalling ruined livelihoods, broken marriages and suicides. But mostly, people in Cordova talk about the …
An insurance company that insured a $3 million Bettendorf house destroyed in a fire is suing several businesses to recover its losses. Lexington Insurance Co. blames the fire on the contractors who built the home, the water company that provided …
