As of 8 a.m. the National Weather Service said Tropical Storm Fay was centered near Cape Canaveral and headed slowly in a northerly direction. A tropical storm warning remains in effect from north of Jupiter Inlet, Florida, northward to Altamaha …
Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch announced that cleanup of up to 600 housing units contaminated by lead paint is now going out to bid and said the work would target properties in poorer neighborhoods of the state and should …
Tennessee authorities cut open a slain bear and found a Florida man’s shoe lost while fighting off a bear that attacked his 8-year-old son in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The footwear was discovered in the black bear’s stomach …
Chuck Mangum joined Atlanta-based Tanner, Ballew and Maloof Inc. as vice president and account executive. Mangum will be involved with the development and servicing of new risk management and insurance clients for the firm. Source: Tanner, Ballew and Maloof Inc. …
Wilshire Insurance and Innovative Value Agency, based in Fayetteville, announced that their North Carolina segmented private passenger automobile program will now be available on the Jenesis Agency Management system quote control rating feature. IVA — conducting business in North Carolina …
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. opened a mobile response location in Naples to serve Floridians dealing with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Fay. The center is open until 6 p.m. today (Aug. 19) and will operate from 8 a.m. – 6 …
According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Fay took an eastward turn sooner than expected and made landfall at Cape Romano, Florida, on Aug. 19 at around 5 a.m. EDT. “Landfall was along a low-lying stretch of …
An “early offers” program in which medical malpractice and product liability lawsuits could be quickly settled would improve a tort system that is often slow, expensive and unfair, according to a new book co-authored by University of Virginia law professor …
Wyoming’s Department of Employment, Research & Planning announced that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 3.2 percent in June to 3.6 percent in July. The rate has been slowly increasing from April 2008’s low of 2.6 percent, the …
Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual Holding Co. has filed a federal lawsuit challenging several recent amendments to New York State’s workers’ compensation law as unconstitutional. The suit alleges that changes made in 2007 as part of a major overhaul of workers’ …
