Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is crediting state efforts for driving down the number of highway deaths in Alabama. Officials are anticipating a 35 percent decrease since 2006 in the number of state trooper-investigated highway deaths in the state. Riley says …
Few Nebraska lawmakers participating in an Associated Press survey say they support legislation making liquor license holders liable for serving intoxicated customers who leave their establishments and hurt themselves or others. But one lawmaker has plans to introduce a proposal …
Sugarland, Texas-based Imperial Sugar Co. has settled the property insurance claim for the February 2008 industrial explosion at its Port Wentworth, Georgia refinery for an aggregate of $345 million. A final $45 million payment on the claim is expected to …
The Idaho Department of Insurance is notifying the public about the new process to aid the state’s consumers in appealing health insurance claims denied by their insurance carriers. The Idaho Health Carrier External Review Act becomes effective January 1, 2010. …
State officials have authorized a private Florida insurer to accept 23,000 policies from the state-owned insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Homeowners Choice, Inc. said the assumption of these policies represents a 44 percent increase from the 52,000 policies already on …
Rate reviews by the Washington state insurance commissioner’s office have shaved more than $300 million from Washingtonians’ auto and homeowners insurance bills over the past decade. Last week the commissioner’s office reported that it had saved consumers $26 million in …
Low labor and material costs and increased competition for government work drove down prices and allowed more road and bridge construction for less money in Wyoming in 2009, officials say. The Wyoming Department of Transportation used about $160 million in …
A task force of state, regional and federal officials is investigating a string of suspicious weekend fires in Massachusetts, including one in which two people died. At least nine fires were reported early Sunday in houses and cars within a …
A top executive of American International Group Inc. has been granted a $4.3 million pay-package bump by the troubled insurance giant’s majority owner — the U.S. government — because the executive has decided to remain with the company. Kenneth Feinberg, …
Home insurer Magnolia Insurance Co. has been placed under administrative supervision by Florida insurance regulators who said it is in unsound financial shape and its president, H. James Irl, has resigned. The Coconut Grove-based insurer voluntarily agreed to the supervision, …
