Using drones to take photos of people on their own property could soon be illegal in Florida. The Florida Legislature sent a bill to Gov. Rick Scott this week that places limits on the use of remote-controlled drones. If Scott …
Orchid Underwriters Insurance Agency, LLC, a specialty underwriter of property insurance focused on coastal properties and based in Vero Beach, Fla., has named Chuck Fillizola as chief information officer. In this newly created position, Fillizola will play a decisive role …
A class-action lawsuit against Farmers Insurance on behalf of female attorney employees was filed on Wednesday in federal court, alleging the insurance giant has discriminatory policies and practices. The suit accuses Los Angeles, Calif.-based Farmers of unlawfully paying its female …
An insurance company is asking a federal judge in Delaware to declare that it’s not obligated to defend the ex-wife of serial political candidate Richard Korn against his defamation lawsuit. Liberty Mutual argues in a complaint filed Monday that a …
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced new regulations Wednesday that would crack down on what officials describe as kickbacks and other improper expenditures in the state’s title insurance industry. These improper expenses have been significantly inflating title insurance premiums for …
The last time Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus performed in Rhode Island, eight acrobats suspended by their hair plummeted to the ground before a crowd of thousands. A single metal clip that held them 20 feet aloft had …
U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. hired Gary M. Neidle as vice president and branch manager of a new Hartford, Connecticut, office of its affiliate company, U.S. Risk Underwriters Inc.
High winds blew rail cars off the Huey P. Long Bridge and more than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power Monday morning as a line of severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Louisiana. Five rail cars carrying six to eight freight …
Federal investigators say the Chicago Transit Authority shares in the blame for an accident last year in which a commuter train operator fell asleep and crashed into a platform at the O’Hare airport station, sending the lead car barreling up …
A band of tornadoes that swept across parts of rural Texas over the weekend flattened buildings, tore the roofs off other structures and forced people to rush for shelter, the National Weather Service said. National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Bishop …
