United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas Robert Pitman announced that the San Antonio Police Department and the Austin Police Department will each receive $200,000 in federal grant money to combat the purchase and sale of counterfeit and …
Regulators said Maryland consumers received nearly $2 million in refunded premium and interest payments — after an investigation by the Maryland Insurance Administration discovered that two Erie insurance companies did not provide a notice of premium increase to some policyholders …
You might be surprised to learn it’s not a rural county that leads the state in the most collisions between deer and vehicles in Minnesota. State safety officials say Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, may have a smaller deer population …
Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city’s Lower 9th Ward, where Hurricane Katrina unleashed a wall of water that pushed homes off foundations and stranded residents on rooftops …
Louisiana State University has been awarded $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to investigate whether southern coastal Louisiana has reached the tipping point, becoming too costly to sustain. The interdisciplinary research project will investigate the sustainability of coastal communities …
Allstate Insurance Co. is reopening brick-and-mortar offices in Massachusetts after a quarter century of absence. Back in 1987, the Northbrook, Ill.-headquartered Allstate closed its offices in Massachusetts and pulled out of the market, citing the state’s strict regulation of auto …
State officials now say 11 homes and 24 other structures were destroyed by the wildfire that threatened the northwestern Minnesota city town of Karlstad. Jean Goad, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center, said that updated figures show the …
Privately held insurance broker, Lockton, recently expanded its global financial services team with the hiring of Michael Born in Kansas City. Born joins the company as vice president providing expertise in the areas of data security, privacy liability, media and …
As Stephanie Bowers sifted through the charred remains of her mother’s books, she paused and cried. Bowers’ mother, Cheryl Roop, 59, died in a trailer home fire in Mitchell, S.C. early on Sept. 29. Now living in Missoula, Mont., Bowers …
New Mexico’s Court of Appeals has ruled against a group of current and former Hobbs residents who sued an oil company because of illnesses and other damages. The court on Tuesday upheld a Lea County District Court decision not to …
