Universal Studios Hollywood has been sued for barring amputees from a theme park roller coaster. The Los Angeles Times reported the federal court lawsuit contends two men were kept off the Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride in violation of …
A California lawsuit says Hyundai’s Elantra vehicle doesn’t get the advertised 40 miles per gallon. Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog joined Elantra buyer Louis Bird in the Sacramento lawsuit claiming Hyundai Motor America aggressively pitches its “40 mile per gallon Elantra” …
Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey plan to map underground faults in Virginia that caused last year’s earthquake. The mapping will be done with a low-flying airplane carrying instruments that will measure gravitational and magnetic pull at different sites. The …
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Co. has made Robert Rey director of underwriting for its commercial property and casualty lines brokerage division. Rey has more than 35 years of commercial lines underwriting and management experience. Prior to Topa, he held …
Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, named Chad Schubert as client advocate at Willis of Arizona. The appointment is effective immediately. Schubert will be responsible for the production of new business and expanding Willis’ outreach in the …
Connecticut Light & Power has filed a plan with state regulators to spend $300 million over five years to strengthen its system against storms. The subsidiary of Northeast Utilities says it’s looking to upgrade systems that have performed poorly and …
Ironshore Europe Limited announced three executive appointments in its London office, effective immediately, “to align management leadership with business development opportunities within European markets,” according to Fiona Marry, CEO of Ironshore Europe. Peter Coleman, who joined Ironshore at its inception …
Allstate is dropping about 10,000 South Carolina home insurance customers. The company is dropping customers who don’t also carry Allstate auto coverage, have older homes and have homes insured for less than $220,000. Allstate is the second-largest writer of homeowner …
A state-of-the-art storm shelter being constructed in Savannah is designed to better prepare the city and its public works crews to hunker down if a big storm or hurricane threatens the region. The shelter is rated to withstand a Category …
Dewey & LeBoeuf offered on Wednesday to drop potential claims against former partners if they collectively shell out up to $103.6 million to the estate of the largest U.S. law firm ever to declare bankruptcy. Joff Mitchell, the chief restructuring …
