238 Number of people charged with driving under the influence since July by Delaware’s Office of Highway Safety, which instituted a number of statewide checkpoints this summer. The anti-drunk driving campaign – nicknamed Checkpoint Strikeforce – is scheduled to end …
25% Each year, deer-vehicle crashes cause more than 200 deaths and tens of thousands of injuries, while racking up $1.1 billion in property damages. Based upon Erie Insurance’s decade of deer-vehicle collision data, it is estimated that about one in …
43 The number of truckloads of debris containing asbestos that got three men arrested for allegedly dumping in the protected wetlands area known as Florida’s Green Swamp. The debris came from a demolition site at Florida Southern College and was …
20 Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe added Craighead, Lawrence, Madison, Newton and Saline Counties to the list of state disaster declarations following damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ike on Sept. 13 and 14. The number of counties declared disaster …
5.4% The workers’ compensation loss cost reduction approved for Maryland workers’ compensation carriers effective Jan. 1, 2009, thanks to a continued decline in frequency of claims. The decrease represents about $37 million in savings. $6.6 Million Value of settlement between …
$5 Million The Army Corps of Engineer says it has awarded a $5 million construction contract for a Fargo, N. D., flood project. The corps says the contract is going to Rising Sun Construction Inc., of Fargo for a project …
40,000 The number of tourists officials estimated on Alabama beaches on Labor Day weekend when Gov. Bob Riley issued a mandatory evacuation order for some coastal parts of Mobile and Baldwin counties in response to Hurricane Gustav. $8.4 Million The …
2,000 Nearly 2,000 storm victims had been rescued in Galveston, Texas, in the course of nearly 500 missions as of Sept. 14, the day after Hurricane Ike struck the island and much of the rest of the Texas coast with …
$115 Million Amount at which four former executives of American International Group Inc., including ex-CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, agreed to settle a long-standing shareholder lawsuit. The lawsuit was brought in 2002 by the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana, an AIG …
$15 Million Iowa officials estimate it will cost $15 million to bring the state up to speed on flood plain maps. Only 50 of Iowa’s 99 counties have complete maps that meet federal standards. The outdated or incomplete maps are …
