August 15, 2013
Two years after the deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse, new legal disputes are cropping up and victims are still working to recover. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. and subsidiary AGCS Marine, which insured equipment used by Sugarland and Sara Bareilles, …
August 15, 2013
The Plexus Groupe LLC, based in Deer Park, Ill., has added Debbi Incopero to its property/casualty insurance practice. As an account executive, Incopero will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing relationships with key clients, oversee the Plexus Client Service platform …
August 15, 2013
You can’t move near a shooting range in Pierce County, Wash. and then start complaining about the noise. The county council approved an ordinance Tuesday that protects gun ranges from lawsuits based on noise or nuisance complaints. KING reported the …
August 15, 2013
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has requested a national disaster designation for agriculture damage from a hail storm in Gallatin County this month. Bullock sent the request to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Tuesday, saying the Aug. 1 storm caused at least …
August 15, 2013
A $45 million claim has been filed by a family that saw two loved ones killed and two others severely injured in a Seattle traffic crash that prosecutors say was caused by a drunken driver. KOMO-TV reported that the family …
August 15, 2013
More than 20 businesses hit by flooding in Manitou Springs, Colo. are struggling because of a lack of insurance. City officials say some of the businesses that suffered losses in Friday’s devastating flood did not have flood insurance because they …
August 15, 2013
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” for the members of Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies, as well as UK-based Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited (LMIE) and Liberty …
August 15, 2013
BP Plc asked a federal judge to deny U.S. investors the right to pursue a class action, or group, lawsuit claiming the company misled them before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The investors, led by the …
August 15, 2013
Some Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operators began evacuating workers from offshore facilities on Thursday as a low-pressure system threatened to strengthen into a cyclone. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday morning that a weather disturbance in the …
August 15, 2013
A federal judge has sentenced a 55-year-old Utica, N.Y., man to nearly two years and prison and ordered him to help pay $1.4 million in restitution for his role in staging vehicle crashes for insurance money. Judge Norman Mordue has …