Washington state will begin requiring municipalities to use “rain gardens” and pervious pavement in new urban developments to combat rainwater pollution to the state’s rivers and lakes and to the Puget Sound, officials announced recently. The new “low-impact development” practices …
When former model and philanthropist Phyllis Harvey died last year at the age of 59, little note was taken. Brief paid obituaries appeared in Los Angeles and her hometown paper in North Carolina. There was no mention of how she …
Confie Seguros has acquired Stonewood Insurance Services Inc., an agency that specializes in writing California non-standard personal automobile coverage. Stonewood, a general agency formed in 200, is led by Presidetn Clyde Sturgeon, who will continue in that position. This is …
A small East Texas town and the county where it’s situated will implement procedures aimed at stopping racial profiling to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses former officials of shaking down innocent motorists for cash, according to documents filed …
A severe thunderstorm that toppled thousands of trees in Fort Wayne, Ind. has cost the city nearly $2 million for cleanup work that continues more than a month after the storm. Fort Wayne mayor’s spokesman Frank Suarez says the $1.8 …
Be prepared. That’s the message insurance agents, National Weather Service meteorologists and a bilingual public affairs spokesperson will bring to Texas coastal residents when they join the Insurance Council of Texas in its 7th Annual Hurricane Tour of the Texas …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared a major disaster for three northwestern Wisconsin counties due to flood damage in June. Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday that FEMA granted the disaster declaration he sought for Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties …
Texas motorists filed the fewest number of complaints against their automobile insurance company since the records began at the Texas Department of Insurance in 1994, according to a TDI report issued Monday. Texas consumers filed 1,414 complaints in 2011, and …
Vermont will be hosting a major conference this week for the nation’ captive insurance industry. The Vermont Captive Insurance Association will be holding its annual conference from Tuesday through Thursday. Some 1,000 industry professionals and participants are expected to attend …
Florida regulators are warning that a preliminary report estimating a new law will cut no-fault auto insurance premiums by 12 percent to 20 percent may be misleading and overly optimistic. The Office of Insurance Regulation released a consulting firm’s draft …
