Adult children whose parents die can collect damages for pain and suffering in wrongful death lawsuits, a state appeals court ruled on May 31. Madison-based American Family Insurance had argued that only minor children could recover damages for loss of …
Hospitals cannot be held liable in medical malpractice cases for failing to ensure doctors with staff privileges meet state financial responsibility requirements through insurance or other means, Florida’s Supreme Court ruled. The unanimous ruling disapproved of decisions by three of …
The executive director of the North Dakota State Workers’ Compensation agency and an agency investigator were released after their first court appearances on felony charges involving questionable spending and possible illegal use of driver’s license photos. Workforce Safety and Insurance …
The Alabama Legislature adjourned after giving final approval to a key insurance measure that will increase the state’s auto liability minimum limits from 20/40/10 to 25/50/25. Legislators deferred to the 2008 session final action on a bill establishing a building …
A Neb. bill, LB573, passed by the Legislature would make adults who sell or give alcohol to underage drinkers liable for damages or injuries caused by intoxication. People who host so-called keggers or other social functions where alcohol is served …
Industry prefers government approach taken by Democrat Blanco over Republican Crist Florida and Louisiana are hurricane-prone states with similar property insurance problems, but their governors are taking wildly different approaches to fixing the insurance headaches. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a …
With the New York Legislature set to adjourn on June 21, business associations and groups representing the state’s agriculture and construction industries again urged Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state legislators to dismantle the so-called “scaffold law.” The scaffold law — …
Global broker Willis, in its latest “Property Alert,” indicated that the “the global capacity, pricing regimens, terms and conditions for both cat risks and non-cat risks in the global property insurance market are changing more rapidly than many would have …
It took O’Charley’s regional operations director in Hattiesburg, Miss., most of a week to get in touch with the restaurant chain’s Nashville headquarters after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast two summers ago. This summer, though, Dan Hunter has a …
The National Hurricane Center has identified the names that will be used during 2007 to designate storms. Names of storms that are particularly destructive or deadly are retired and replaced. Names beginning with the letters Q, U, X, Y and …
