Monthly Archives: <span>July 2010</span>

Florida’s Citizens Insurance Missing Week’s Worth of Mail, Checks

Citizens Property Insurance has learned that some of its mail has been fraudulently forwarded to another address, raising the possibility some customer payments may have been lost. Citizens said it was informed by the U.S. Postal Service that mail addressed …

Brown & Brown Acquires Eberhart & Co. of Georgia

Florida-based agency Brown & Brown has acquired Eberhart & Company Insurors, Inc.of Roswell, Georgia. With revenues of approximately $1 million, Eberhart has served the insurance needs of individuals and businesses in the Atlanta metropolitan area since 1969. Eberhart principals Ralph …

Brown & Brown Acquires Meridian Group of New York

Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown has acquired Meridian Group of New York, Inc. Meridian Group, with annual revenues of approximately $1.3 million, provides life, health, and other employee benefits products and services to individuals, businesses, public entities, non-profit organizations, …

WMO Foresees La Nina in Pacific this Year

La Nina is likely to cool the tropical Pacific in coming months, a phenomenon which usually causes stronger monsoons across Asia and eastern Australia, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. The weather condition also promotes the development of …

Georgia Court Finds Teacher Not Liable for Student Injury

The Georgia Supreme Court says a Forsyth County teacher can’t be held liable for a student’s injury during a bottle rocket experiment. The court ruled last week in a 4-3 decision that South Forsyth Middle School teacher Patricia Grammens is …

Connecticut Jury’s $2.5 Million Award Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage

A jury awarded $2.45 million Friday in a malpractice case to the estate of a Connecticut woman who had also that claimed botched cancer treatments damaged her same-sex relationship, attorneys said. Margaret Mueller and Charlotte Stacey sued two doctors in …

Ex-Kentucky Mine Regulator Charged with Falsifying Records

A former government mine safety analyst has been indicted on charges of falsifying multiple reports while working for the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing. Betty Sue Whitaker of Hazard faces 58 counts of tampering with public records after …

Seat Belt Use Up in South Carolina

South Carolina Public Safety officials say a new survey shows more drivers in the state are buckling up than ever before. The State of Columbia reported that the University of South Carolina survey in June found more than 85 percent …

House Bill Raises Liability of Companies Operating on High Seas

The House of Representatives last Thursday passed the first major U.S. bill related to the Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion, voting to allow families of those killed and injured workers to be compensated far more generously than current law …

Progressive Insurance X-Car Race Coming Down to Finish Line

The team led by Charlottesville, Va. real estate developer Oliver Kuttner is the only one left in the running for the multimillion-dollar X Prize competition to build a four-seat car that can achieve 100 miles per gallon. Two of the …