August 21, 2008
Kansas had 1,616 tornadoes, 11 of them were F4 tornadoes and nine were categorized as F5. … The number of tornadoes reported has gone up over 50 percent. Much has been written in the last six weeks about the 2008 …
August 21, 2008
The Chubb Corp. has made four executives appointments: John J. Degnan has been named vice chairman and chief operating officer. Degnan, a former attorney general of New Jersey who joined Chubb nearly 18 years ago, was previously vice chairman and …
August 21, 2008
The rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to regions most prone to tornados, according to Boston-based CDS Business Mapping LLC, an online hazard mapping firm. The top 10 most tornado prone metro-areas …
August 21, 2008
I.I.I. puts the average claim for lightning at $5,321. Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry on July 15 toured drought-damaged areas in Cimarron County in the Oklahoma Panhandle, an area that has been experiencing drought so severe climatologists and longtime Panhandle residents …
August 15, 2008
From cracked oil and natural gas pipelines to contaminated public water supplies, the nation’s economy could be the biggest casualty of the next major Midwest earthquake, an earthquake expert warned. Geologic engineering professor Dave Rogers of Missouri University of Science …
August 15, 2008
Zach Scruggs must report to prison by Aug. 15 for knowing about the bribery scheme that also landed his father and law partner behind bars. Scruggs was indicted in November along with his father, famed tort attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, …
August 14, 2008
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region VI office in Dallas announced it has established a Regional Emphasis Program (REP) covering employees in the construction industry who perform crane operations. The program conducts safety inspections …
August 12, 2008
State health officials say Arkansas’ smoking rate has dropped in recent years in part because of the state’s ban on smoking in workplaces and increased awareness of the dangers of smoking. The Arkansas Department of Health on Aug. 11 released …
August 7, 2008
The Republic Group announced that Southern Insurance Co. has been selected by the Governing Committee of the New Mexico Property Insurance Program to act as servicing insurer for the New Mexico FAIR Plan for a three-year period beginning Jan. 1, …
August 6, 2008
Richardson, Texas-based America First Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced it has opened a regional office in Oklahoma City. With approximately $70 million in combined personal and commercial lines premium in Oklahoma, the company’s new office at …