Thousands of bacteria-infected mosquitoes were released in the wild Tuesday near Key West, testing a new way to kill mosquitoes that carry Zika and other viruses. The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District released 20,000 male mosquitoes infected by the Kentucky-based …
Specialty insurance brokerages AmWINS Group Inc. and Partners Specialty Group LLC have agreed to merge. Partners will become part of the AmWINS Brokerage Division, bringing an expanded geographic presence that complements the existing AmWINS platform. The combined firm will place …
Texas woman has been awarded $760,000 after she was badly injured in a skydiving accident in Oklahoma. Mackenzie Wethington was 16 in January 2014 when her parachute malfunctioned and she fell more than 3,000 feet to the ground in Chickasha. …
Critics say DuPont has spent too little on testing Ohio and West Virginia residents for contamination from a chemical used to make Teflon, while paying millions to a lawyer overseeing the testing program. The Columbus Dispatch DuPont spent about $860,000 …
Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread praised the signing of Senate Bill 2231, regarding the regulation of how insurance companies pay for air ambulance services in North Dakota. The bill also requires hospitals to notify patients in non-emergency situations which air ambulance …
The Texas legislature has pushed several bills related to the excess and surplus lines industry out of committee, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office announced. The Senate Business and Commerce Committee voted on April 18 to recommend that Senate Bill 1491, …
Carrie Haughawout, who joined the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) in 2011, has been appointed deputy director of the department, ODI Director Jillian Froment announced. Froment, who had held the deputy director position prior to her appointment to director by …
Funeral services for Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax, who passed away on April 13, will begin Thursday, April 20, 2017, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Mattax, who had served as insurance commissioner since January 2015, passed away after a …
Georgia residents on the western edge of the Okefenokee Swamp have been warned to prepare for potential evacuations from an approaching wildfire that has burned more than 30 square miles (80 square kilometers) of public lands nearby. A lightning strike …
A Colorado jury will decide if Vail Resorts properly closed an expert ski run where a teenager was killed in an avalanche. District Judge Fred Gannett ruled last week that jurors must decide if signs on the run called Prima …
