A dispatcher made a mistake when she failed to relay a 911 call about a wildfire hours before it roared out of control, but no one knows if it would have made a difference in the damage it caused, according …
Exxon Mobil confirmed on Wednesday that an oil spill occurred Tuesday on its Pegasus crude pipeline in Ripley County, Missouri, the same line that ruptured thousands of barrels of oil into an Arkansas neighborhood at the end of March. An …
A camp ranger whose truck was taken by Christopher Dorner filed a lawsuit Monday for the $1 million reward offered for information leading to the capture of the rogue ex-cop believed to have committed suicide after killing four others during …
A 2012 security breach that exposed the personal information of 780,000 Utah residents to hackers could cost as much as $406 million, a new study finds. The Salt Lake Tribune reported in the aftermath of the breach, the state already …
A northern California woman has been arrested on suspicion of spiking orange juice bottles with a deadly dose of rubbing alcohol and stocking the bottles at a Starbucks coffee shop, law enforcement officials told Reuters news service on Tuesday. Ramineh …
The cost of driving in South Carolina is down for the first time in four years. AAA Carolinas announced that it will cost the driver of an average sedan about $9,200 to operate their vehicle this year. That’s down from …
Superstorm Sandy, a hybrid of a hurricane and two cold-weather systems, struck six months ago on Oct. 29, concentrating most of its fury on New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and becoming one of the most expensive storms in history. …
Hispanic market-focused insurance agency network Confie Seguros announced the acquisition of Capital Insurance Agency of Trenton, N.J. Capital Insurance has been in business since 1935 and specializes in personal insurance lines, as well as commercial insurance. Confie Seguros CEO Joe …
Markel Corp. said it has completed its acquisition of Alterra Capital Holdings Limited. The closing follows receipt of regulatory approvals and votes in favor of the transaction by the shareholders of the two companies in February. As a result, two …
Metal theft claims have risen 36 percent in the three years since January, 2010, according to an insurance research organization. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said it is seeing more evidence of pervasive metal theft—overwhelmingly copper—across the nation. The …
