The performance of two fire eaters got a little too hot for Johnson City, Tenn. police, who cited them as a safety hazard at the annual Blue Plum Festival. The men were arrested June 1 when they used kerosene to …
The South Carolina House has concurred with the Senate on the so-called coastal property omnibus bill and forwarded it to the governor who is expected to sign the legislation. HB 3820 includes a limited expansion of the South Carolina Wind …
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. was scheduled to be back in federal court in Gulfport, Miss., on Monday in a lawsuit filed by a Pass Christian homeowner over damages from Hurricane Katrina. The lawsuit was filed by Michael McCoy …
The nation’s chief mine safety agency has gone to court to try to compel a Kentucky coal company to pay fines, the fifth such lawsuit in a little more than a year, federal officials announced. The federal Mine Safety and …
A Broward County Court has approved a class action settlement on behalf of more than 12,000 State Farm Insurance policyholders in Florida who will receive 100 percent of the damages they requested in a $6.8 million settlement of claims filed …
For years, Al Capone outwitted federal efforts to nail him for murder and other mobster-type crimes. The feds finally took him down with a breathtakingly simple courtroom gambit: tax evasion. California Capones Modern-day insurance Capones can expect a similar fate …
Flood policies at heart of many cases against Gulf Coast producers In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many insurance agents and brokers in Louisiana and Mississippi and, to some extent, in Texas have found themselves being sued for …
In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many insurance agents and brokers in Louisiana and Mississippi and, to some extent, in Texas have found themselves being sued for allegedly failing to advise their customers of the availability of flood …
Insurance agents and brokers constantly deal with customers’ personal information. Yet many in the industry may not be aware of the legal requirements for handling or storing this information. How should agents and brokers collect and handle sensitive information? The …
Insurance agents and brokers constantly deal with customers’ personal information. Yet many in the industry may not be aware of the legal requirements for handling or storing this information. How should agents and brokers collect and handle sensitive information? The …
