Extremely dry conditions have prompted Utah officials to implement a series of fire restrictions aimed at preventing wildfires. Federal officials from the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service announced the …
Three families have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service alleging an August 2010 prescribed burn got out of control near Lincoln, causing the “total destruction” of their property. The Independent Record reports Darrell and Linda Holmquist, Randy and …
Insurance Program Managers Group (IPMG) of St. Charles, Ill., has been recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in Illinois” for 2012. This is the sixth year that IPMG has earned a spot on the “Best Places to …
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company has promoted treasurer Charles Prall to chief financial officer. He will also serve on the insurer’s board of directors.Being named to the CFO position is an enhancement of Prall’s previous duties, the company said. The …
The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation, based in Columbus, Ohio, has awarded $15,000 in grant money to three universities to support their Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) programs. The grant monies came from the Robert P. Ashlock Memorial Fund, which was …
Portions of Dallas along with surrounding cities were hit with large hail and high winds on June 13 causing damage to vehicles, homes and businesses. Baseball size hail was reported in east Dallas and Grand Prairie, while golf ball size …
A creekside levee in one western Pennsylvania borough must be certified by federal regulators or most of the community will be declared a flood plain, a designation that could drive up property insurance costs and make building permits difficult to …
American Underwriting Managers, a surplus lines MGA with offices in Southlake and San Antonio, Texas, has added Gay Aulenbacher, as vice-president, director of Marketing. Aulenbacher has served in the insurance agency and surplus lines business in Texas for her entire …
Safety officials say Minnesota’s traffic deaths in 2011 were the state’s lowest annual death count since 1944. Officials on June 13 released Minnesota’s final traffic crash report for 2011. It shows 368 deaths on Minnesota roads last year, the lowest …
A former BP Plc engineer who is the first individual to face criminal charges related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been scheduled to face a jury trial on Feb. 25, a U.S. federal judge decided. Kurt …
