A report for a Texas-based company says a deadly 2012 explosion on its Gulf of Mexico oil platform off the Louisiana coast happened when workers for a subcontractor used unsafe welding practices. The report released on Aug. 21 was done …
Some tart cherry growers in Michigan now can buy federal crop insurance as protection against losses. U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow made the announcement. The Michigan Democrat chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. The coverage protects growers against …
Threlkeld & Company Insurance (TCI), based in Tyler, Texas, announced four key employee promotions. Diane Smith, formerly commercial lines service manager, has been promoted to vice president of commercial lines. Smith has worked for TCI for 22 years. Ryan Slaughter …
Ohioans saw increases in their homeowners and auto insurance rates last year, though they’re still getting a bargain. Ohio’s Department of Insurance recently released the 2012 average rates for homeowners and auto insurance. The state’s top 10 auto insurers raised …
Texas had more than 500 work-related fatalities in 2012, an increase of more than 20 percent from the previous year. According to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor of Statistics, the most dangerous job in …
The group that insures an Idaho potato company said in court documents filed on Aug. 23 it should not have to pay the legal bills of a North Dakota man who serves as chairman of the company. Ronald Offutt Jr., …
Specialty Underwriters & Risk Evaluators LLC has acquired Jackson, Mich.-based WSIB Insurance Agency from the Capacity Group of Companies, headquartered in Mahwah, N.J. WSIB currently operates as a wholesale broker and is one of the leading providers of motorsports insurance …
Geologists said three small earthquakes recorded in an area northwest of Mount St. Helens on Friday were part of a mini-swarm of quakes not directly related to the nearby volcano. The Columbian says that a U.S. Geological Survey report says …
Workplace fatalities in Wyoming reached the highest number in five years in 2012, slightly surpassing the number of deaths the state has seen in each of the past several years. Last year, 35 people died on the job in Wyoming, …
The National Park Service is reconsidering increased insurance requirements for whitewater boating outfitters in Dinosaur National Monument after companies said a big jump in the liability insurance could sharply drive up their costs and possibly even make it impossible for …
