Recordings of the 911 calls released Monday captured witnesses, including some who had just escaped the limo, recounting the last moments of the five nurses who died inside, as authorities said a mechanical problem was behind the fire that killed …
The Buckner Co. opened a new office in Boise, Idaho and named as head of the operations Chad Williams, who spent the past decade in the Boise commercial insurance arena. Expanding into the Boise market has been a long-term goal …
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, handling the most accident investigations since the 1990s, is “going to have to let some things go” if budget cuts aren’t restored, Chairman Deborah Hersman said. “We’re getting very stretched,” Hersman, nominated this month …
There are many stories of people who took their eyes off the road for a second to read or type a message and ended up in an accident that changed their lives and the lives of others forever. People who …
Both workers’ compensation benefits paid to insureds and costs for employers increased in 2011, a new study released today revealed. Total workers’ comp costs to employers rose by 7.1 percent to $77.1 billion, while workers’ comp benefits rose by 3.5 …
David Hodge has been named assistant vice president of claims for auto insurer GEICO’s Buffalo, N.Y., regional office. Hodge previously served as the liability director of GEICO’s Virginia Beach, Va., regional operations. Hodge first joined GEICO at the company’s Woodbury, …
In one football practice, some players may take several hits, while others take a few big blows. For coaches and trainers, keeping track of it all can be difficult. “A lot of times when we’re on the field, it’s hard …
With the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina near, homeowners along the Mississippi Coast also have to brace for possible rate increases of 20 percent for flood insurance and 3.2 percent for wind pool insurance. The Clarion-Ledger reported that state Insurance …
KKR & Co., the buyout firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, hired former insurance executive Joseph Plumeri as a senior adviser to help find new deals and to work with portfolio companies. Plumeri, ex-chief executive officer of Willis …
A federal judge has endorsed a broad interpretation of a savings-and-loan era law that the U.S. Justice Department is trying to use in cases against Wall Street banks. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said Monday that a “straightforward …
