A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has triggered a recall in at least nine states, prompting new produce fears almost exactly a year after a nationwide spinach scare. The tainted bag of Dole’s Hearts …
Former GOP Illinois State Representative Terry Parke has joined Secure Services Corp. (SSC) as director of Business Relations, the company recently announced.. An insurance agent, Parke was the state representative for the northwest suburbs for 22 years. His district office …
Los Angeles-based Heritage General Agency’s personal lines facility has added a new admitted market for homeowner coverage. Program features include full cost replacement for both the home and personal property with no deduction for depreciation. Other covered structures include unattached …
State Farm Insurance Cos. has settled with 103 policyholders in Mississippi who challenged the company’s refusal to cover damage to their homes from Hurricane Katrina, a lawyer for the homeowners said Monday. Terms of the settlement are confidential, said attorney …
Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan says the office must refile a lawsuit against more than 20 Chicago-area radiology centers it accuses of getting referrals by paying kickbacks to doctors. A state judge says he needs more detail about the allegations …
Mattel Inc. CEO Robert Eckert and U.S. product safety inspectors will face questions from senators next week as Congress begins probes of toy safety and a recent rash of recalls. A Senate Appropriations subcommittee led by the Senate’s No. 2 …
From its grassy surface, the 112-acre mound seems harmless, a vast but benign-looking field ringed by hundreds of small homes. But signs wired to the chain-link fence hint at something potentially sinister lurking beneath. “No Trespassing,” they warn. “Contaminated materials …
States should require motorcycle riders to wear proper helmets, government investigators urged as part of several recommendations that seek to stem a steady rise in motorcycle deaths. Members of the National Transportation Safety Board unanimously approved the motorcycle safety recommendations, …
Policy language that a major insurance company invoked to deny Gulf Coast homeowners’ claims after Hurricane Katrina is at the center of a case that was scheduled for a hearing Sept. 6 in a federal appeals court in New Orleans. …
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley this morning named attorney and long-time advisor Ralph S. Tyler to be the state’s insurance commissioner responsible for overseeing the regulation of Maryland’s $26 billion insurance industry. Tyler currently serves as chief legal counsel for the …
