April 18, 2012
Oklahoma House Republicans are developing a comprehensive liability protection policy for Oklahomans who offer shelter to others during severe weather. House Bill 2296, which would offer liability protection to mobile home park owners who allow residents to seek shelter in …
April 18, 2012
The Travelers Companies Inc. will kick off property/casualty insurers’ 2012 first-quarter earnings season Thursday, April 19, when the company reports its 2012 first three month results. Travelers is the first major insurance company to report the 2012 first-quarter earnings. Many …
April 18, 2012
Customer satisfaction with the auto claims experience declined for the first time in three calendar quarters, according to the Westlake Village, Calif.-based J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction Study —Wave 2 issued on Wednesday. Overall customer satisfaction …
April 18, 2012
Six of Missouri’s 13 recent confirmed cases of E. coli have been linked to the consumption of unpasteurized milk or raw dairy products from a farm in Howard County although the source of the infection has not been confirmed, state …
April 18, 2012
Agriculture officials in Arkansas and Louisiana have warned veterinarians to watch for signs of a potentially fatal horse disease if there’s another drought this year. The disease is often called pigeon fever because basketball-sized abscesses in the chest and abdomen …
April 18, 2012
The Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita is closed this week to clean up from damage it sustained during the weekend storms. Museum director Lon Smith estimated the museum suffered between $100,000 and $150,000 in damage. But he says the main …
April 18, 2012
Tornado damage in Kansas’ aircraft manufacturing hub could have a ripple effect on the industry, analysts have warned, even as airplane makers Boeing and Hawker Beechcraft and nearby parts maker Spirit AeroSystems were still tallying losses. All three companies were …
April 18, 2012
A tornado that killed six people in northwestern Oklahoma traveled about 31 miles and had winds of 136 to 165 mph at its peak. The National Weather Service on April 16 assigned a preliminary EF-3 Enhanced Fujita scale rating to …
April 18, 2012
Daytona Beach, Fla.-headquartered Brown & Brown Inc. reported 2012 first-quarter net income of $49.43 million, up 6.3 percent from one year ago. The insurance brokerage firm also reported $302.49 million in revenue for the first quarter, up 15.4 percent from …
April 18, 2012
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has given a tornado that caused damage in central Arkansas a preliminary rating of EF-1. Meteorologists surveyed an area of Van Buren County on April 16 and found a 2.3-mile long, 300-yard wide …