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Alabama Sets Up State-Run Public School Teachers’ Liability Insurance Plan

Gov. Robert Bentley’s administration has set up a new liability insurance plan for Alabama’s school workers who previously relied on the Alabama Education Association and other groups for coverage. How it will affect AEA won’t be known until long after …

Judge Dismisses Faulkner Estate’s Copyright Claim Against Woody Allen Movie

A federal judge in Mississippi has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Woody Allen’s 2011 film “Midnight in Paris” improperly used one of William Faulkner’s most famous lines. Faulkner Literary Rights LLC sued Sony Pictures Classics Inc. in October in U.S. …

Severe Flooding Can Happen In a Flash, Tennessee City Learns

This is why they call it a flash flood. A rainy night in South Pittsburg, Tenn., on July 10 quickly turned into something legendary. Relentless rains spawned a newborn river that decided to make its way right through houses, shops …

Sheffield to Lead Missouri’s Captive Insurance Program

Missouri Department of Insurance has named Maria Sheffield as its new captive program manager. Sheffield has 17 years of insurance regulatory experience as an accomplished attorney and former insurance regulator. Sheffield began her insurance career at the Georgia Department of …

Crop Insurance Rule Causing Confusion for Some Midwest Farmers

Last year’s drought has contributed to confusion over crop insurance rules for some Upper Midwest farmers who couldn’t get a crop in the ground this past spring due to the opposite weather extreme – too much moisture. Some farmers are …

Oklahoma Leaders Ask ‘What Have We Learned’ from May Storms?

With thousands of destroyed houses, 46 deaths and damage estimates topping the $5 billion mark, victims of Oklahoma’s two EF-5 tornadoes are asking the same question: What have we learned? The answers are almost as varied as those asking the …

With Double-Digit Growth, Lockton Reaches $1B Milestone

Kansas City, Mo.-based insurance broker, Lockton, announced it has had a very good year – exceeding $1 billion in revenue for the first time. Lockton posted fiscal 2013 revenue of $1,016,751,000, an increase of 11 percent from fiscal 2012 revenue. …

Pennsylvania Agency Hart, McConahy & Martz Joins Keystone Insurers Group

Keystone Insurers Group has added Erie, Penn.-based agency Hart, McConahy & Martz as a new franchise partner. Established in 1872, Hart, McConahy & Martz is Erie’s oldest insurance agency. Over the years, four agencies merged to form the agency as …

OSHA Cites Ford’s Buffalo, N.Y., Plant Over Asbestos

Federal safety officials have cited Ford Motor Co.’s Buffalo-area plant for alleged asbestos violations. The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines of $41,800. OSHA officials say inspectors found eight violations. One involved a pipefitter who they …

Connecticut Health Exchange Learns Many Unaware of Effort

Organizers of Connecticut’s new health insurance exchange are learning most residents don’t know much about the effort to set up an insurance marketplace, a hallmark of the federal health care overhaul legislation. According to new survey results provided on July …

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