Report: N.D. has the best roads, Kansas ranks 3rd Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual …
In Florida, Hillsborough County officials closed a lightly used, crumbling two-lane bridge over a suburban creek, days after the collapse of an interstate highway bridge in downtown Minneapolis. The bridge was shut down Aug. 3 after engineers decided Wednesday, two …
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson take over the reins of PCI on Sept. 4. PCI represents more than 1,000 …
The insurance industry is vowing to take care of any claims arising out of the Minneapolis bridge collapse tragedy without delay. “There will be no exclusions – it will all be coverable. The industry wants to take care of this …
The body of a second St. Paul, Minn., sewer worker who was caught beneath the city’s streets during a heavy rain was recovered from the Mississippi River on Saturday, July 28, authorities said. The body of Joe Harlow, 34, of …
Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has been named 2007 Top Partner insurer by the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). The award was presented to President and Chief Executive Officer David L. Lancaster during the MAIA annual …
Bail has been set at $100,000 for a former insurance agent facing fraud and theft charges in North Dakota, Minnesota and Colorado. David Skjerven, 60, of Sedona, Ariz., told Judge Wade Webb that he is unemployed and would not be …
Vacation Income Property Nuts & Bolts: Middle Oak is offering insurance designed exclusively for vacation income property. What is covered: homes, condos, short term or year round rentals, owner use, two nights, seasonal etc. In the name of a trust, …
Western Mutual, Farmers Home Mutual Western National Insurance Group (WNIG) plans to merge Western National Mutual Insurance Co. and Farmers Home Mutual Insurance Co. into a single company under the surviving name of Western National Mutual Insurance Co. Western National …
Truckers, Motor Truck Cargo Nuts & Bolts: Frontline Underwriters Inc., an independently owned and operated wholesale MGA, specializes in the placement of motor truck cargo, and offers physical damage and truckers’ liability. Dollars: $10,000 to $250,000 Carrier: Rated “A” by …
