The Boston area is getting more than $17.5 million in public safety grants from the Department of Homeland Security. The funding was announced on Aug. 23 by U.S. Rep. Bill Keating, a Democrat who serves on the House Committee on …
The fire in California’s Yosemite National Park is threatening an increased number of structures and it A state of emergency declaration has been issued from Gov. Jerry Brown for the San Francisco area due to the potential effect on its …
People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Ltd., parent of the nation’s biggest non-life insurer, said profit rose 53 percent in the first half as investment and premiums income expanded. Net income increased to 7.54 billion yuan ($1.23 billion), or 0.18 …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is currently accepting applications for the 2014 Consumer Liaison Program. The Consumer Liaison Program gives individuals who are qualified consumer representatives of consumer organizations a way to participate in NAIC meetings. The NAIC …
Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Commercial Insurance strategic business unit has appointed Mike Martin as executive vice president and general manager, National Insurance Property. Martin will lead a unit that provides property insurance, inland marine and equipment breakdown products to mid-sized and …
The University of Mississippi Medical Center said it will give students free insurance against identity theft after an accidental privacy breach. Last week, UMMC mistakenly sent about 190 people an email that had a spreadsheet listing Social Security numbers, grade-point …
In the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Pembroke Pines, students returning to school this year are being greeted not only by their teachers and principal. They’re also meeting the armed school resource officer who will be stationed permanently on campus. Crime …
Federal regulators are proposing a long-awaited rule that would dramatically limit workplace exposure to silica dust. Officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration say the new limits would save nearly 700 lives each year and prevent thousands of illnesses, …
British newspaper The Sunday Times has reached a settlement with Lance Armstrong after suing the disgraced cyclist to recover damages from a libel settlement. The paper paid Armstrong 300,000 pounds (now about $470,000) in 2006 to settle a case after …
A federal judge on Friday dismissed the final component of a racial discrimination and sexual harassment case against celebrity chef Paula Deen that has cost the Southern culinary star a big chunk of her multimillion-dollar enterprise. In dismissing the sexual …
