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Churchill Downs Cleaning Up After Tornado
Jun 23 2011 // Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Ky., said it will resume live horse racing the night of Friday, June 24, after a day off to survey tornado damage to barns and other structures. The racing facility was forced to...
Flooded River Taking Aim at Mississippi Delta
May 12 2011 // The Mississippi River took aim at one of the most poverty-stricken parts of the U.S. Wednesday, leaving some low-lying Memphis neighborhoods inundated, but the city’s high levees protected much of the rest. In...
Mississippi River Nears Highest Levels Since 1937
Apr 27 2011 // The National Weather Service has forecast that the Mississippi River will crest at Vicksburg and Natchez at the highest levels since 1937. Forecasts are the river will crest at 52.5 feet in Vicksburg on May 13 and at 60...
New Alabama AG Says Oil Spill Claims Top Priority
Jan 11 2011 // Incoming Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says he will hold nothing back to make sure the state and its citizens are compensated for all losses because of last year’s massive BP oil spill. Strange said he will...
2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory
Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Mississippi Casino Workers’ BP Oil Claims Get Second Look
Dec 13 2010 // The agency in charge of paying Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims is requesting information from casinos that could lead to payments to hundreds of gambling employees previously denied damage claims, the head of an industry...
Venture Insurance Launches Hotel and Casino Programs
Nov 16 2010 // Venture Insurance Programs, a national program administrator has launched Concierge, a hotel insurance program, and SafeBet, a casino insurance program, both offering all lines of coverage. Conciergeprovides all lines of...
Casino’s Barge Not Liable for Mississippi Marina’s Damage During Katrina
Nov 1 2010 // The owners of a Biloxi marina damaged by a casino-owned barge that came loose during Hurricane Katrina are considering an appeal of a Mississippi court ruling that the casino is not liable for the destruction. The state...
Mississippi Casino’s Barge Not Liable for Marina’s Damage During Katrina
Oct 15 2010 // The owners of a Biloxi marina damaged by a casino-owned barge that came loose during Hurricane Katrina are considering an appeal of a Mississippi court ruling that the casino is not liable for the destruction. Last week,...
New Mexico Insurance Chief: ‘Sad’ Comments Led to Resignation
May 17 2010 // New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Morris Chavez has resigned, saying he and his family have been the targets of “sad and derogatory” online comments in the wake of a contentious health insurance rate case his...
New Mexico Insurance Chief: ‘Sad’ Comments Led to Resignation
May 6 2010 // New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Morris Chavez announced he will resign, saying he and his family have been the targets of “sad and derogatory” online comments in the wake of a contentious health insurance...
Ex-Agent Gets Five Years for Connecticut Fraud
May 6 2010 // A Connecticut financial adviser has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding more than two dozen clients of more than $2 million and losing the money while gambling in casinos. Thomas Cipriano was sentenced...
Keystone Insurers’ Kentucky Derby and Where It’s Going Next
Apr 19 2010 // Pennsylvania-based insurance agency franchisor Keystone Insurers Group has more than 200 agency owner-partners and it’s not done yet, says Colin Buzzard, Keystone’s executive vice president of sales and...
As Surveillance Cameras Catch On, Florida Police Catch Criminals
Apr 9 2010 // The eyewitnesses are everywhere, watching everything. Break-ins. Bank heists. Convenience store robberies, purse snatchings and shopping sprees charged on stolen credit cards. All these incidents and more caught in the...
Marsh Launches Lottery and Gambling E&O Coverage
Nov 25 2009 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has launched a new errors and omissions (E&O) insurance product for the suppliers of lottery and gaming (gambling) organizations. The new product, created by Marsh’s...
Tour Bus Crashes in Minnesota; Company Says Driver Had Aneurysm
Nov 20 2009 // A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm before a crash on a southern Minnesota interstate that killed two people and injured 21 others. That’s according to a spokesman for Strain Bus Line, the company that...
Flood-Damaged Kentucky Derby Museum to Reopen Next April
Nov 15 2009 // The Kentucky Derby Museum will reopen next year after renovations to fix flooding damage are made to the tourist attraction showcasing the world’s most famous horse race. Flash flooding that hit Louisville in early...
Nevada Firm Predicts Dim Construction Prospects for Vegas
Nov 10 2009 // A Las Vegas research firm says the struggling economy should bring commercial construction to a virtual standstill around Las Vegas next year. However, some local insurance agents and brokers said they believe that...
Kentucky Derby Museum to Reopen Next April After Flood Damage Fix
Nov 6 2009 // The Kentucky Derby Museum will reopen next year after renovations to fix flooding damage are made to the tourist attraction showcasing the world’s most famous horse race. Flash flooding that hit Louisville in early...
Insurance Charity’s Golf Tourney for Children Adds New Casino Night
Oct 16 2009 // For seven years every October the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation has held its annual charity golf tournament to benefit children. But this year is different. For one thing, the venue has been moved to the Arroyo...
