Honolulu-based Island Insurance Co. Ltd., Hawaii’s largest locally owned and managed property and casualty insurance carrier, has appointed Jeff Fabry as senior vice president and chief information officer and chief security officer. Fabry, who previously held the title of vice …
The results of an independent study commissioned by the NFL and the players’ union show modern helmets meet all national safety standards, though it stressed that no helmet can prevent concussions and more studies are necessary. The results were forwarded …
Arizona transportation officials say a lack of needed data forced cancellation of planned research on whether speed enforcement cameras deployed along Phoenix-area freeway cameras improved traffic safety. The state on July 16 concluded its groundbreaking and controversial two-year program that …
Mine safety officials are painting a portrait of ineptitude and confusion by officials at Massey Energy Co. in the months before an explosion at the company’s West Virginia mine killed 29 men. The depiction — in an internal memo from …
Many years ago when Mindy Hixon started working in the family trucking business in Carbon County, Wyo., she realized safety wasn’t a top priority. “I knew for a fact what we were doing was illegal, unsafe and not in compliance,” …
British energy giant BP Plc is holding up payments to economic victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of a $20 billion compensation fund, said Saturday. “I have a concern that BP is stalling claims. Yes, …
Huntsville has become the sixth Alabama city to ban sending text messages while driving. Beginning Sept. 20, it will be illegal to send text messages or check e-mail while driving in the Huntsville city limits. The ordinance approved also prohibits …
In 2006, Worldwide Interiors, a Canal Road furniture importer, had a banner year with sales of $520,000, including $90,000 that June. Last year, amid south Baldwin County’s deflated real estate market, sales dipped to about $330,000, including $21,000 in June, …
Connecticut-based managing general agent Business Risk Partners has hired Mark A. Wilson as director of national sales. Wilson served as the agency director of broker relations from 2002 to 2006, overseeing marketing for wholesale and retail brokers nationwide. Most recently, …
A tornado tore through western New York on Saturday, ripping the roof off a condominium and damaging 17 others and causing widespread power outages. The National Weather Service said the twister touched down in Mayville in Chautauqua County at 4:48 …
