As many as nine tornadoes – at least one rated a powerful EF3 – touched down across northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa as a storm cell moved over the region in the evening on Oct. 4, causing structural damage and …
The State Chamber of Oklahoma has filed a motion to intervene in a constitutional challenge against Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. Online court records indicate the State Chamber as well as chambers of commerce in Oklahoma City and Tulsa filed …
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested in the sale of more than 300 bogus auto insurance policies to Detroit, Mich.-area drivers. The Wayne County sheriff’s office says Timmica Morton was arraigned on charges that she used a computer to commit …
An insurance trust representing Minnesota counties has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit over driver’s license data snooping. The proposed settlement was presented on Oct. 3 in federal court. The case involved a child support officer in …
A federal contractor said it will hire nearly 500 people in Lawton, Okla., to help support the new health insurance exchanges created under the federal health care law. Serco North America announced that it will lease a 55,000-square-foot building in …
A township near Flint, Mich., is appealing a U.S. Postal Service decision to deny its request for a mailing address distinct from the troubled city. The Flint Journal reports that Grand Blanc Township officials and business boosters filed an appeal …
The New York City Marathon’s finish area will again fill with spectators, some carrying bags. More bomb-sniffing dogs also will be roaming around. Less than seven months after the attack on the Boston Marathon, runners and fans will pack the …
CNA Financial Corporation announced the appointment of Bob Schmid to branch vice president for the Long Island, N.Y., branch effective Oct. 1. For the past three years, Schmid has been commercial underwriting officer for the Long Island branch, and more …
U.S. businesses buying property/casualty insurance in September saw a five percent rate increase on average, according to the latest index from MarketScout. MarketScout said the composite rate for was up from plus 4 percent in August to plus 5 percent …
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the tobacco industry’s appeal of a Florida ruling that may help thousands of smokers sue cigarette makers over smoking-related illnesses. The nation’s highest court today turned away arguments by Altria Group Inc.’s Philip Morris USA, …
