July 6, 2011
A state finance report shows that Arkansas brought in more money than expected during the 2011 fiscal year. The report, released by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, show that the state’s net available general revenues totaled more than …
July 6, 2011
Florida teenagers once again will be allowed to take their learner’s permit tests online. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in January halted an online testing pilot program when they determined that about 40 percent of the test-takers …
July 6, 2011
Bob Shepard, board chairman of Shepard Walton King Insurance Group in Harlingen, was installed as IIAT president for 2011-2012 during the association’s annual business meeting in Houston on June 24. Patrick Watkins, president of Watkins Insurance Group, Austin, was installed …
July 6, 2011
The Georgia Supreme Court has found a convenience store can be held liable for a fatal highway accident that took place after a driver purchased a 12-pack of beer. Overturning a lower court, the state’s top court ruled 6-1 on …
July 6, 2011
A career criminal suspected of shooting five people, two of them fatally, inside a suburban home over an alleged insurance-fraud scheme was killed by SWAT team members after a six-hour standoff Monday, authorities in Philadelphia said. Since leaving prison last …
July 6, 2011
Integro, a New York-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has announced that Andrew Carr has been named operations leader of its Atlanta office. He succeeds Frank Kinnett, who will assume the role of chair of Atlanta operations. Carr joined …
July 6, 2011
U.S. pipeline safety regulators on Tuesday said Exxon Mobil must make fixes to its ruptured Montana oil pipeline and submit a restart plan before oil can flow again. The U.S. Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration also ordered …
July 6, 2011
Environmental officials scrambled Tuesday to assess the extent of contamination from a weekend oil spill that has fouled water supplies and ranch lands along a scenic and otherwise pristine stretch of the Yellowstone River in Montana. An Exxon Mobil pipeline …
July 6, 2011
After spending six weeks as a defendant in a criminal sexual assault case that now appears to be falling apart, Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have a seat waiting for him at the plaintiffs’ table, but taking it comes with risks and …
July 6, 2011
Lori Dickerson Fouché has been named president and chief executive officer of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. She succeeds Michael LaRocco, who the company said left to pursue other professional opportunities. The company also announced that Jill Paterson, currently executive vice …