Contract negotiations have resumed between The Greenbrier and its unions with a meeting resort spokeswoman Lynn Swann called productive. Representatives of the posh White Sulphur Springs resort and the Council of Labor Unions discussed terms for about four hours Monday. …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening two disaster recovery centers in eastern Missouri to help those affected by recent Mississippi River flooding. The centers will are at the Clarksville Visitors Center and the the Winfield-Foley Fire Station No. 3. …
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. has acquired Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based Beach & Gentry Insurance LLC. Terms were not disclosed. The company said that Beach & Gentry will merge with Miller & Loughry Insurance & Services Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pinnacle Financial …
New York City construction codes — revamped for the first time in four decades — went into effect earlier this week and will increase penalties for some safety violations at building sites The city’s construction codes had not been fully …
Floods like those that inundated the U.S. Midwest are supposed to occur once every 500 years but this is the second since 1993, suggesting flawed forecasts that do not take global warming into account, conservation experts said on Tuesday. “Although …
Willis Group Holdings Ltd , the No. 3 global insurance broker, won approval to buy rival Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. Willis valued the cash and stock deal at $1.7 billion when it was …
Republican House attorney John Brady has resigned from his General Assembly position to prepare for his campaign for state insurance commissioner. Brady stepped down so to avoid any conflict of interest or concerns about having too many jobs. He has …
When it comes to the risks of identity theft, the U.S. government isn’t taking its own advice. The nation’s Medicare agency and the Pentagon compel at least 52 million Americans to carry their Social Security numbers in their wallets, contrary …
The West Virginia Supreme Court has revived a pair of lawsuits seeking damages from timber, mining and land companies for devastating 2001 floods. The court reinstated a 2006 jury verdict that improper logging practices allowed by two timberland owners helped …
Federal maps used by most New Hampshire communities to determine the scope of once-per-century floods are sometimes decades out of date. A study recommends updating them to steer development away from risky areas. “If you have a house you think …
