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Selective Insurance Q3 Profit Rises 79% to $33M

Selective Insurance Group of Branchville, N.J., reported Wednesday $32.653 million net income for its 2013 third quarter, a 78.7 percent increase from $18.274 million profit posted a year ago, as the company benefited from improved underwriting results. Total net premiums …

United Ethanol Cited After Worker Dies in Wisconsin Corn Bin

United Ethanol LLC has been cited for 15 health and safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker died inside a grain storage bin on April 19 at the Milton, Wis., ethanol …

OSHA Fines Trucking Company $113K After Worker Fatality in Arkansas

Sherman Brothers Trucking Inc., doing business as Team Transport Inc., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 11 safety and health violations and fined $113,400 following the death of a worker at …

Texas Mutual Pays $651K Dividend to CompGroup AGC

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that the CompGroup AGC has earned a $651,166 workers’ compensation dividend. The dividend is based largely on group members’ collective workplace safety record. Qualifying CompGroup AGC members have shared in $16.5 million in Texas Mutual …

Keystone Insurers Group: Nicoud Insurance Is First Illinois Franchise Partner

Keystone Insurers Group has welcomed Springfield-based Nicoud Insurance Services as its first franchise partner in Illinois. The announcement was made jointly by the agency’s owners, Jim Hillestad and Tim Nicoud, and Keystone’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Elizabeth Schenk. …

Flooding in Central, Southeast Texas Prompts Evacuations

A flash flood watch remains in effect for Central Texas counties today after torrential rains – up to 14 inches reported in some areas – flooded hundreds of homes overnight. Especially hard hit were southern Travis and northern Hays counties, …

Donegal Group’s Q3 Profit Up 12% to $7.7M

Donegal Group Inc. of Marietta, Penn., reported on Oct. 25 net income of $7.654 million for its 2013 third quarter, an 11.9 percent increase over $6.839 million net income reported a year ago. Total net premiums written for the latest …

Tennessee DUI Results in Question After Firing

Thousands of driving under the influence ((DUI) results from across Tennessee may be in jeopardy after the firing a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation employee for mishandling evidence. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that former Special Agent Kyle Bayer handed …

Washington City Braces For Increased Flood Risks

New information shows sediment buildup in the White River is increasing the flood danger faced by the city of Pacific, Wash. The King County Flood Control District, in cooperation with Pacific and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, plans to …

Alaskan Mayor Signs Local Disaster Declaration

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre has signed a local disaster emergency declaration due to the unseasonably heavy rains that have flooded many homes and roads. KSRM reports that the declaration signed Tuesday has been sent to the Alaska Department …

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