April 21, 2008
Damage estimates continue to pile up Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas have been hammered numerous times this Spring with violent storms that produced tornadoes, hail, heavy rain and floods, and the damages are mounting. Preliminary damage from an April 8 Oklahoma …
April 21, 2008
Traffic crashes cost American motorists more than $160 billion a year while inflicting a staggering per-person toll on small cities such as Little Rock, Ark., Columbia, S.C., and Pensacola, Fla., according to an American Automobile Association (AAA) research report. The …
April 21, 2008
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April 18, 2008
Workers’ compensation costs per claim in North Carolina grew 6-14 percent annually throughout the study period, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The Cambridge, Mass.-based WCRI study of 14 states found that double-digit growth in medical costs per claim …
April 18, 2008
The earthquake that struck the Midwest today should serve as a reminder to many Mississippians that they too are at risk for earthquake damage. Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney urges all Mississippians to check their homeowner policy for earthquake …
April 16, 2008
Arkansas’ emergency management chief says rising flood waters may undo the cleanup and repairs some homes and regions have already completed after more than a month of flooding. “Some areas we’ve surveyed we’ll have to go back and redo because …
April 14, 2008
With a quarter million acres of farmland already under water and scores of residents forced from their homes, predictions now call for the Mississippi River to crest late this week at levels not seen since the 1973 flood. Continuing heavy …
April 10, 2008
A Delaware Chancery Court judge has approved the settlement of a shareholder lawsuit against directors and executives of Tyson Foods but reserved judgment in a dispute over attorney’s fees. The settlement approved by Chancellor William Chandler III calls for Don …
April 10, 2008
An insurance industry trade organization estimates that preliminary damage from an April 8 Oklahoma hail storm has risen to $15 million and cautioned losses could increase significantly. Meanwhile, Northern Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas continued to be hammered with violent storms …
April 9, 2008
Two more counties were added April 7 to the state list of disaster areas from severe weather that has beset Arkansas. Gov. Mike Beebe added Lonoke and Pike counties for damage sustained in last week’s severe weather. A total of …