Ryan Bowles, a vice president in the property and casualty group of McQueary Henry Bowles Troy’s Dallas office, recently received the Charlie Sammons Service Leadership Award from the Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas. Bowles has been a member of the …
A nude maid really cleaned up at a Florida man’s home. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says the maid stole more than $40,000 from a Cheval home despite not wearing any clothes. The 50-year-old man hired the maid from the …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Inter-Industry Insurance Company Limited (III), which is based on the Isle of Man, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Insurco Ltd. …
Gov. Charlie Crist has signed homeowners insurance legislation in Florida that extends for another year a rate freeze for the 1.2 million customers of state-backed Citizens Insurance whose premiums in some cases are already below private market rates. In addition …
A tornado that leveled half a town in northeast Iowa and killed seven people was the strongest to hit the state in 32 years, the National Weather Service said on May 27. The twister, three-quarters of a mile wide with …
Crews in Hugo, Minn. worked to restore electricity and natural gas and insurance agents went door-to-door as this small suburb got back on its feet after the devastating storm that killed a toddler and flattened homes. Mayor Fran Miron said …
U.S. Risk Underwriters, a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc. launched a new professional liability product for the medical tourism industry called MedTour Pro. MedTour Pro is designed for medical tourism professionals who arrange for people to obtain medical …
A former New Jersey lawmaker ensnared in a federal bribery investigation pleaded guilty to federal and state corruption charges Tuesday and resigned as mayor of Orange. Mims Hackett Jr. admitted he took a $5,000 bribe to steer a city contract …
As the trial continues for three lawyers in the fen-phen diet drug case, the assortment of spectators to the Kentucky courtroom varies with the day. Lisa Swiger sat in the gallery in U.S. District Court at Covington wearing a surgical …
A Georgia jury has awarded $5 million to the family of a woman who drowned in a Gwinnett County hospital bathtub shower eight years ago. The woman, 34-year-old Wendy Wyckstandt entered Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville four days after giving …
