The big melt is on across Colorado, increasing the threat of spring flooding, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. It’s also a wake-up call to homeowners and renters that they may not have considered separate flood insurance to …
A coalition of county commissioners from across Minnesota have formally voiced their opposition to a bill in the legislature that they claim would grant wealthy trial lawyers a pay raise at the expense of the state’s families and businesses. The …
A Maine woman has won a $1.9 million settlement six years after her husband was killed while operating a forklift at the Prime Tanning plant. Forty-eight-year-old Thomas Brown was killed when he was knocked off the forklift and pinned between …
A New Jersey company that manufactures cast iron pipe was fined $8 million Friday for dozens of environmental violations and lying about numerous safety violations at its plant along the Delaware River. Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. also will …
A former General Re senior vice president faces sentencing for his role in an accounting fraud scandal that artificially inflated the stock price of insurer American International Group Inc. Robert Graham is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in federal court …
Fire forecasters for the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center are predicting a rather mild wildfire season this summer. However, Dave Curry, manager of the agency that coordinates firefighting efforts for the state, cautioned that predicting the potential for wildfires is not …
A workplace safety task force that’s examining why Wyoming has one of the highest worker fatality rates in the country plans to meet in Cheyenne this week. The state’s oil and natural gas industries are a particular concern. Three workers …
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based United Fire & Casualty Company reported net income for the first quarter of 2009 was $3.3 million or 12 cents per diluted share, down from a net income of $20.1 million or 74 cents per diluted share …
Burns & Wilcox reported that Kendra Corman has joined the company as its new marketing director. Corman is responsible for managing the company’s advertising and marketing initiatives, which includes overseeing new product launches and developing e-mail marketing strategies, agent incentive …
QBE Regional Insurance recently added Charles Valinotti and Mike Bondura to its leadership team headquartered in Sun Prairie, Wis. Valinotti, senior vice president of Personal Lines, oversees personal property and casualty insurance offerings for QBE Regional’s four subsidiaries. His diverse …
