Japan will receive international help with the cleanup at the Fukushima atomic station once it joins an existing treaty that defines liability for accidents at nuclear plants, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said. The treaty, known as the Convention on …
The Wyoming Highway Patrol says traffic fatalities in the state have decreased this year. According to Sgt. Steve Townsend, 120 people died in traffic accidents in Wyoming last year. There were only 67 traffic deaths through the end of September …
National Transportation Safety Board investigators say under Bay Area Rapid Transit rules, the two track workers who were killed in a recent accident were responsible for their own safety. James Southworth, the NTSB’s lead investigator, said at a briefing that …
It’s hard to conceive of taking a step further away from the topic of insurance than having a big, hairy blue monster drive home your point. But that’s just what the Cookie Monster did when he walked into the Magnolia …
People living in Nevada without legal residency can begin logging on to a state website for information about a driver authorization card program set to begin Jan. 2. Department of Motor Vehicles officials say a state Legislative Commission has approved …
A Utah Boy Scout leader whose toppling of an ancient rock formation in a state park was captured in a viral online video is facing questions over a personal injury lawsuit he filed a month before the incident. Glenn Taylor …
Officials at the Las Vegas Sun say a cyberattack crashed their website for several hours on Oct. 15. The publisher of the website and its sister sites says the outage started a little after 6 a.m., and was under control …
Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. named Jay Dipasupil vice president of professional liability. Dipasupil will lead Fireman’s Fund’s professional liability business, and will be responsible for managing the professional liability line of business, specifically professional services and healthcare. Dipasupil …
Well-to-do residents and their insurance agents can soon look forward to another option when it comes to protecting their assets. Crestbrook Insurance has selected what is essentially a start-up insurance company focusing on the affluent market. The company launched in …
The former founder and chairman of the board of The Legacy Network, an insurance brokerage agency in Rexburg, Idaho, and his son were sentenced in October in United States District Court in Pocatello. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney …
