June 19, 2012
The Netherlands-based Brit Group and Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited have announced that RiverStone, Fairfax’ runoff subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with Brit to purchase all of the outstanding shares of UK-based Brit Insurance Limited (BIL), which wrote UK …
June 19, 2012
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of three students who were in tour bus crash in south-central Kentucky last week minutes into a trip to Washington, D.C. WBKO-TV in Bowling Green reported that the lawsuit in Hart County Circuit …
June 19, 2012
Alabama’s Revenue Department is launching an online system that will allow county license plate officials to verify whether a vehicle has liability insurance. State Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee said the Insurance Verification System will allow license plate officials and law …
June 19, 2012
Many North Dakota medical providers who treat workplace injuries are having to wait for their bills to be paid. North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency says problems with a new computer software system are causing a payment backlog. It was more …
June 18, 2012
Another eight structures burned in the High Park Fire in Colorado overnight, bringing the tally to 189 homes burned and making it the most destructive fire in the state’s history, officials said on Monday. No estimates on insured losses have …
June 18, 2012
The District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office has filed lawsuits against 13 current or former city employees accused of collecting unemployment benefits while holding government jobs. The lawsuits seek to recover amounts ranging from $4,300 to nearly $14,000. Some of …
June 18, 2012
A Las Vegas couple has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America over the July 2011 drowning of their 12-year-old son during a camp program in northern Utah. Christopher and Sherry Tuvell, in their suit filed …
June 18, 2012
More than 2,000 northern Nevadans have been ticketed for cellphone-related traffic violations in the five months since the use of handheld phones has been banned in motor vehicles. The Nevada Highway Patrol, Reno police and Washoe County sheriff’s deputies say …
June 18, 2012
Pilots offered praise for a new course designed to keep them farther away from spectators at the Reno National Championship Air Races after last year’s accident that killed 11 people. Pilots who flew the course for the first time during …
June 18, 2012
A wildfire in northern has scorched about 85 square miles of forest land and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history. The destructiveness of the High Park Fire burning 15 miles west of Fort Collins surpassed the …