A jury has ruled that St. James Healthcare in Butte is liable for $187,500 in damages for negligence in the 2006 death of a 36-year-old Butte woman from a rare blood disorder. The Montana Standard reported the jury reached its …
An insurance company says it didn’t sell policies to the Helena-based Catholic Diocese of Montana and is not responsible for covering costs involved in defending former nuns and priests accused of child abuse ranging from the 1930s through the 1970s. …
Kentucky agriculture is reeling from a summertime one-two punch of blistering heat and dry conditions, and farmers are feeling the pain from the prospects of shrinking income and inflated expenses caused by weather-related setbacks. Corn fields are shriveled, especially in …
An Oklahoma-based horizontal drilling company faces up to $55,000 in penalties for safety violations at a drilling site in Jacksboro, Texas, federal officials say. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Horizontal Well Drillers with three …
Nearly a year after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene devastated villages up and down Vermont’s rivers, hundreds of volunteers are continuing to work with residents trying to rebuild. In Moretown last week, members of a Williston-based church group applied polyurethane …
In addition to suspending the 10 percent surcharge rule on property insurance provided by Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort in certain coastal parishes, recently passed state legislation includes provisions for allowing electronic proof of vehicle insurance and a number …
Early reports tallying damage from June storms in Ohio at $29 million have several Ohio cities anxiously hoping for federal disaster relief. The estimated costs reported in the state from the storms total more than half of what Ohio tallied …
Aon has expanded its Indianapolis, Ind., office with the addition of three professionals. Frank “Skip” Treco joined the office as senior vice president and Danielle Calahan as director of data analytics for Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business …
Midland, Texas-based CBIZ Stoltz has added Mollye Hillman as an account manager and Richard Howard has joined the company as an account executive. In their new roles, Hillman and Howard will contribute to the expansion of CBIZ’s existing National Energy …
Officials of Florida’s state policyholders-backed insurer turned away from several controversial plans that would have raised rates on new policies above current policyholder rates and implemented a cap on water damage, instead adhering to its statutory caps on rate increases. …
