Steep rate increases for flood insurance are hitting homeowners and businesses across south Louisiana, and state officials and business leaders warn the increases could severely damage local economies. Despite the calls for alarm, Gov. Bobby Jindal has largely stayed quiet …
In support of a Mississippi lawsuit that alleges the new FEMA flood insurance rates are arbitrary and unlawful, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has filed an amicus brief in federal court arguing that FEMA failed to collect accurate data before …
An Oregon gynecologist who removed a patient’s healthy ovary and left a piece of plastic in her body after a 2007 robotic surgery has been ordered to pay more than $100,000. The Mail Tribune newspaper reported that U.S. District Court …
Twenty students at four Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $38,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation. The students attend St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Baylor University in Waco, the University …
The mother of one of 19 wildland firefighters killed in north-central Arizona has filed a $36 million claim against the state, Yavapai County and the city of Prescott, saying their negligence led to the death of her son. An attorney …
Tornadoes and thunderstorms swept through a 300-mile stretch of Illinois and other Midwestern states, killing at least five people, damaging hundreds of homes and disrupting air travel at O’Hare International Airport. A county coroner in Washington County, about 50 miles …
A jury in Columbus, Georgia has awarded $6.7 million in a 10-year legal battle involving an Alabama man who said his intestine was punctured during a hernia operation. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported that the jury awarded the money to Thomas …
Two miners were killed and 20 injured on Sunday in an accident at a silver mine in southwestern Colorado, authorities said. The cause of the accident at the historic Revenue-Virginius Mine in Ouray County, about 330 miles southwest of Denver, …
An insurance brokerage owner is accused of helping a longtime Jewish community leader steal more than $7 million from a prominent New York City charity. Joseph Ross was charged with grand larceny and money laundering. The New York Times says …
Cooper Gay & Co. Ltd., the insurance and reinsurance intermediary, has appointed Gordon Newman as chief executive officer. His appointment follows last month’s acquisition of Newman Martin and Buchan LLP (NMB). The company said Sam Hovey, previous CEO of Cooper …
