February 28, 2019
Attorneys in the Mississippi House are sharply divided over a bill that could limit the liability of landowners or property managers who are sued by people harmed on their property. The House voted 74-39 Monday to pass Senate Bill 2901, …
February 27, 2019
The city of Sturgis, South Dakota, wants campgrounds outside city limits to pay as much as $5,100 to secure ambulance service during this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. City manager Daniel Ainslie said last week that ambulance calls to campgrounds during …
February 27, 2019
A Plano, Texas, woman pleaded guilty to insurance fraud for faking cancer claims to get more than $300,000 in insurance payments over two years, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Karissa White Coleman, a former licensed insurance agent, purchased books …
February 27, 2019
Authorities have been searching a bay off southeast Texas for clues about what caused a Boeing 767 cargo plane carrying Amazon packages to nose-dive into the shallow water, killing all three men on board. A north wind aided searchers by …
February 27, 2019
A recently commissioned survey of 503 Minneapolis-area drivers by The Travelers Companies Inc. found that 71 percent of respondents use a mobile device while driving, with 84 percent of millennials, 72 percent of Gen Xers and 62 percent of baby …
February 27, 2019
In a rare move, Berkshire Hathaway is selling one of its companies, leading workers’ compensation specialist Applied Underwriters, in order to avoid conflict with its other workers’ compensation businesses. “Berkshire has a number of workers’ compensation companies, and there was …
February 27, 2019
The Tennessee River and other streams are lowering in hard-hit areas of north Alabama after days of flooding. The National Weather Service says the Tennessee has crested throughout the region, even though the water is still high in many areas. …
February 27, 2019
Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Inc. (Pinnacle), based in Bloomington, Illinois, has promoted Aaron N. Hillebrandt to director and consulting actuary and Christopher C. Cortner to consulting actuary. Hillebrandt is based in the Bloomington office and has been with the firm since …
February 27, 2019
Missouri towns along the Mississippi River and its tributaries should brace for the prospect of potentially serious flooding this spring, in large part because of an unusually snowy winter to the north. The National Weather Service office in suburban St. …
February 27, 2019
A Houston-based seafood company is recalling more than 50 tons of wild-caught catfish because the products were produced, packed and distributed without federal inspection. The Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the recall involves …