Lexington, Kentucky authorities have detonated a homemade bomb found in the bed of a pickup truck at Central Baptist Hospital. The device was brought to the hospital by a patient. Central Baptist spokeswoman Ruth Ann Childers says a boy needed …
Tennessee defense attorneys would be banned from advertising their expertise with drunken driving cases under a bill advancing in the Senate. Sen. Rosalind Kurita, a Clarksville Democrat, successfully added the provision to a bill on April 22 that would create …
A Florida court said Tuesday it rescinded a decision in the state’s case against Allstate Floridian Insurance Company because the order was released prematurely in violation of its own operating procedures. The order would have stopped Allstate’s agents from writing …
Even critics credited Patricia Lancaster for trying to reform New York City’s inefficient, corruption-riddled Buildings Department. During her six years as commissioner, she rewrote an outdated building code, created online databases for nearly 1 million city properties, stepped up inspections …
Heffernan Insurance Brokers, an independent brokerage based in San Raphael, Calif., has appointed Andre Olivan leader of its new fleet transportation practice. Olivan will work out of the company’s Walnut Creek, Calif., office. He will oversee new business development in …
A consumer advocacy group is condeming California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s action in issuing emergency regulations governing the state’s prior approval insurance rate system. According to The Greenlining Institute, the new regulations make it more likely that insurance companies will …
Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. (NYSE: ZNT) reported net income for the first quarter 2008 of $41.9 million, or $1.12 per share, compared to net income for the first quarter 2007 of $64.5 million, or $1.73 per share. …
Raleigh, N.C.-based BB&T Insurance Services has reached an agreement with Union Bank of California North America to purchase its San Diego-based insurance subsidiary, UnionBanc Insurance Services Inc. The acquisition would expand BB&T’s insurance operation in California, where wholesale insurance subsidiary …
An insurance agent was arrested in California for defrauding 18 business owners by stealing more than $2.5 million in money they had paid him to take out insurance policies for their businesses, the California Department of Insurance reported. Anthony David …
Several employees at the Quality Pork Processors plant in Austin, Minnesota who were initially denied workers compensation for a mysterious neurological illness will be paid after all, attorneys said. At least 18 workers have suffered symptoms of the illness, which …
