Mississippi has hired a wind engineering firm to assess the various steps that property owners might take to reduce damage from hurricanes. Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney and wind engineering firm AIR Worldwide have agreed to terms on a contract …
A large explosion and fire that took the lives of two workers at the Bayer CropScience plant in West Virginia last August was caused by a thermal runaway reaction during the production of an insecticide. The event likely resulted from …
Insurance companies responding to last year’s hurricanes Dolly and Ike were given generally good marks by independent agents along the Texas coast in a recent member survey by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT), but agents were quick to …
Today could be the day both the Florida House and Senate take up legislation to improve the state’s property insurance market, including proposals allowing state-backed insurance writer Citizens Property Insurance to raise its rates. The House and Senate bills would …
Dry, windy conditions across Vermont are being blamed for brush fires, including one that destroyed a house in Lyndon. Vermont State Police Detective Sgt. Fred Cornell says the fire Monday in Lyndon — believed to have started with an outdoor …
A reward of $35,000 is being offered for information about the fire that destroyed 70 homes in Midwest City in eastern Oklahoma County two weeks ago. GuideOne Insurance and the Midwest City Police Department announced the reward for information leading …
Kentucky insurance officials are moving to assist victims of recent severe storms in the Murfreesboro area. The Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Insurance is setting up a temporary consumer center in Murfreesboro to help residents affected by …
A fast-moving forest fire burned more than 200 acres in southern New Jersey on Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries or homes being damaged. Authorities said the fire, which broke out in the Pinelands National Reserve along the …
The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season will produce 11 tropical storms, of which six will become hurricanes, WSI Corp predicted Monday. The Andover, Massachusetts, private forecaster reduced its forecast from the one it issued in December, when it said the six-month …
An Oklahoma insurance official says insured losses from recent wildfires that destroyed more than 100 structures in Oklahoma are expected to reach $30 million. Assistant Insurance Commissioner Marc Young says that figure is based on tracking information from major carriers …
