Kentucky led the nation in ATV-related deaths in 2007 according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The frequency of injuries and fatalities caught University of Kentucky hospital surgeon Andrew Bernard’s attention. He’s hoping a study that began this month at …
Georgia law enforcement officials are cracking down on drunken driving. Authorities are planning increased patrols and sobriety check points across the state over the next two weeks as part of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety’s annual Operation Zero Tolerance …
The Mississippi Department of Transportation plans to conduct a hurricane evacuation drill on Interstate 59 in south Mississippi on July 1. The contraflow or lane reversal drill is part of MDOT’s hurricane preparedness efforts. It will not involve actual lane …
North Dakota’s workers’ compensation board approved giving $77 million in dividends to most of its business customers over the next year, which could reduce their annual insurance bills by 62 percent. The dividend is intended to shrink a Workforce Safety …
Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., Rhode Island’s largest workers’ compensation carrier, reported that it will implement a 7.2 percent average decrease in rates that has been approved by the Department of Business Regulation. The average rate reduction of 7.2 percent will …
Insurance companies providing coverage in Louisiana should be allowed to adjust their “named storm” deductibles on homeowner policies depending on properties’ distance from the Gulf of Mexico, according to a bill sent to Gov. Bobby Jindal. Louisiana is the only …
Davenport, Iowa city officials estimate that they will be forced to spend nearly $4.5 million on flood damages, clean up and future protection efforts. The Mississippi River is still swollen at the eastern Iowa city and has yet to reveal …
Maryland’s insurance commissioner heard closing arguments last week on whether to allow a nearly $18 million severance and retirement package for former Carefirst CEO William Jews. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Tyler is looking into whether the payments are excessive for the …
National Atlantic Holdings Corp., parent of Proformance Insurance, reported that its shareholders have approved the proposed merger with Palisades Safety and Insurance Association of Berkley Heights, N.J. Freehold, N.J.-based NAHC said vote totals were 72.1% in favor, 27.8% against, and …
More than 365,000 Florida homeowners have signed up for free wind inspections through the My Safe Florida Home program, only 35,000 inspections shy of the Florida Legislature’s goal of 400,000 by June 2009. The first-come, first-serve program will continue accepting …
