This spring is now the wettest on record in Iowa. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says statewide average rainfall of more than 16.4 inches is the most rain in March, April and May in 141 years of records. The previous record …
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has been hit by a pair of lawsuits over its handling of a canal failure two years ago that forced thousands of Placer County residents to ration water. The Sacramento Bee reported the suits were …
Federally-run health insurance exchanges created under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law have drawn applications from 120 insurance plans and added at least one new insurer in 75 percent of the states, according to a White House memo. These exchanges, which …
Swett & Crawford’s property/casualty underwriting department has added Wilma LaVoie in the firm’s Honolulu, Hawaii office as senior underwriter. LaVoie has 15 years of underwriting experience. She joins the firm from Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. She spent her time …
Swett & Crawford named Shelbi Nicholson as a property broker to its property practice group in Seattle, Wash. Shelbi brings more than 20 years of insurance experience to Swett & Crawford with primary, excess, and quota share placement experience. Shelbi …
President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie promoted the Jersey Shore’s summer tourism economy Tuesday while praising the federal government’s role in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, reprising their beach-buddy routine in a display of mutual assistance with …
Chances are just about every town in the United States has a restaurant, tavern or pizza parlor. Pursuing this type of risk, then, is common. Yet before taking that first step, do your homework to help you understand that these …
Hurricane season is approaching, and the state Bureau of Insurance is urging Virginians to check their coverage before a storm hits.The season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30 each year. Insurance Commissioner Jacqueline Cunningham says it’s wise to make …
Federal authorities say a 67-year-old central New York man has been sentenced for his role in staging a motor vehicle crash to collect insurance money. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Joseph Demme of Whitesboro was sentenced Tuesday in federal court …
Specific government job categories must be considered for mandatory drug testing in Florida, an appeals court concluded in a ruling that said a judge went too far in blocking enforcement of across-the-board public employee screening ordered by the state’s governor. …
