North Carolina officials said a wildfire in Pender County has grown to nearly 30,000 acres and poses a danger to more than 2,000 homes. On Wednesday forecasters said they expected wind shifts to push smoke from the fire toward Wilmington …
Tennessee officials said two fires at the same house in Carter County on the same night had different causes. Firefighters went to Carol Dean Fields’ house Monday evening when flames broke out in a bedroom. Officials said the fire started …
Massachusetts insurance officials have updated estimates on insurance claims resulting from this month’s Western and Central Massachusetts tornadoes, with 9,500 claims totaling an estimated $175 million having been reported by insurance carriers. According to the Division of Insurance, insurance companies …
S.H. Smith & Co. has announced it is opening its newest satellite office in Florida. The new office is located in Lake Worth and will be headed up by Albert J. Colosimo, Jr., who has recently been named as a …
A proposal to allow some motorcycle riders to go without a helmet has been approved by the Michigan Senate. The measure approved this week by a 24-14 vote would allow riders 21 or older to go helmetless if they have …
Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced 10 winners of its Bring Back the 4th contest, which – from May 4 to June 14, 2011 – encouraged U.S. cities and towns to compete for ten $10,000 grants to help fund local Fourth …
The blast that killed 29 men in a West Virginia coal mine last year was probably caused by coal dust ignition, compounded by safety failings, intimidation and deception by the mine’s owner, the U.S. mine regulator said Wednesday. The Mine …
In the wake of a decision by a West Virginia workers’ compensation insurer to drop its program for government agencies, more counties are lining up to join a risk pool. County governments throughout the state are joining the West Virginia …
Catastrophe risk modeler Eqecat has scheduled July 15 as the date to release three significant revisions to its Worldcatenterprise 3.16 platform. The updates cover Eqecat’s North Atlantic hurricane model, its Canada earthquake model and its Asia typhoon model. These updates …
Like many insurance agents, Carrie Reynolds never meant to be one. But 15 years after she became, in her own words, an “accidental agent,” Reynolds is now a principal in Alan Galvez Insurance, an agency started by her father in …
