An Illinois lawmaker wants motorcycle safety to be a formal part of driver’s education courses. The proposal by Republican Rep. Tom Bennett of Gibson City would amend the driver’s education act in the Illinois School Code to require that all …
The Columbia, Mo., City Council has approved new regulations for ride-booking services such as Uber and Lyft that include insurance requirements. The regulations approved require ride-booking services to get business licenses and license their drivers as chauffeurs. The drivers must …
Duke Energy Corp., the largest U.S. utility owner, is in settlement talks with the U.S. government over a coal ash spill in North Carolina’s Dan River. The company expects a proposed agreement could be reached in the next several days, …
State court officials in Lafayette are three months into a program designed to wean habitual drunken drivers off of alcohol. The Advocate reports it’s a program that demands sobriety and discipline from offenders who have been convicted of third- and …
Certain local zoning laws can’t be used to supersede Ohio’s state-level system for regulating oil and gas drilling, a fiercely divided Ohio Supreme Court has ruled. In a 4-3 decision with three written dissents, the high court said that the …
Networked Insurance Agents has hired Henry Villegas as sales vice president in Texas. In this role he serves as the key point of contact for independent agency members in Texas. A native Texan, Villegas has more than 20 years of …
FBinsure, an independent insurance agency based in Taunton, Massachusetts, announced that it has acquired Henry L. Newbury Insurance Agency, an independent agency in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. FBinsure said Henry L. Newbury Insurance Agency’s …
Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has made several moves on its employment roster. Angela Atchley was named human resources manager after the recent promotion of Teri Wood to senior operations manager. Atchley is responsible for the human resource relations …
Authorities say they suspect an arsonist set a Northern California middle school’s cafeteria on fire. KCBS-Radio reported that Oakland fire fighters found an opened door when they arrived to put out the early morning blaze at Claremont Middle School, leading …
Richard Schwartz, the lawyer who founded a boat insurance and towing operation and then sold it to Warren Buffett, has died. He was 85. Schwartz died on Feb. 11 after a short illness, according to Scott Croft, a spokesman for …
