A Wisconsin patrol official says motorists in the state appear to be slowing down. Transportation safety director Dan Lonsdorf says the rising cost of gasoline is one of the biggest factors contributing to the reduced speeds. State troopers and sheriff’s …
A crackdown on speeding over a dangerous stretch of highway in northern Kentucky hasn’t been enough to please residents worried about their own safety. Police have beefed up patrol on the AA Highway southeast of Cincinnati over the last three …
Mississippi authorities say two municipalities in Bolivar County are in danger of losing their fire insurance rebate funds from the state. County Fire Coordinator Joe Phillips says Mound Bayou and Winstonville have not reported fire incident numbers to the national …
Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance and chairman of the Advisory Committee for the South Carolina Building Codes Council, announced the seventh round of Safe Home Grant awards. The program awarded 80 homeowners grants of …
Paramus, N.J.-based The NIA Group has hired insurance industry veteran Kevin W. Conboy as chief executive officer. Conboy is the former president and chief executive officer of Acordia (Wells Fargo Insurance Services.) He took over the reins at NIA Group …
Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. (PHLY) has launched a new line of insurance products aimed at home health care and hospice services. The new line offers general liability, professional liability, property, automobile, sexual abuse and molestation, crime and umbrella coverage for …
Managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc. has named Peter Stanislaw as program manager of StaffPak, an insurance package for the staffing industry. StaffPak is offered through Annandale, Va.-based Lighthouse Underwriters, a program underwriting subsidiary …
Melvyn Weiss, who built the New York law firm that turned class action litigation into a multibillion-dollar business, was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison after admitting to paying secret kickbacks to clients. Weiss’s plea bargain and sentencing …
A risk consultant for Virginia-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. (HRH) has coauthored “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Campus Safety.” Guy Antinozzi says the book was written to provide college students with practical tips and resources on how …
In the first year after Massachusetts implemented its landmark coverage expansion and health reforms, the uninsurance rate among adults in the state dropped by almost half, from 13 percent to 7.1 percent. A new Urban Institute study published today by …
