May 12, 2008
The Montana State Fund is cutting workers’ compensation insurance rates by an average of 3 percent next year, the agency’s board said. This is the second year in a row the State Fund, a semiprivate branch of state government, has …
May 12, 2008
Montana State Auditor John Morrison will represent U.S. insurance regulators in the U.S.-China Insurance Dialogues in Hangzhou, China, this week. The dialogues, part of trade negotiations between the two countries, are being held May 15-16. Morrison will be joined by …
May 8, 2008
PIA Western Alliance has named Amanda Washington the association’s junior vice president. She will take a greater role in the day-to-day operation of the Western Alliance’s nonprofit operation, including membership, conventions, marketing, education and communications. Washington has been with the …
May 5, 2008
Just weeks after earthquakes rattled Nevada, the Midwest and the coast of Oregon, and on the heels of the 102nd anniversary of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake, the public, government officials and insurance industry professionals are wondering whether towns across could …
May 5, 2008
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April 29, 2008
U.S. Forest Service firefighters have the discretion to determine the best way to fight fires and cannot be sued for negligence for setting a backfire in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley in 2000 to try to stop an advancing blaze, an appeals …
April 28, 2008
Two New England States lead the nation in terms of having the lowest rate of work-related deaths and most states in the Northeast rank well above the national average, according to a new report from a major labor group. New …
April 23, 2008
Liberty Mutual Group has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Safeco Corp. for $68.25 per share in cash in a deal that will make Liberty Mutual the fifth largest U.S. property/casualty insurer and second largest surety …
April 22, 2008
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have updated the USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps, and noted that earthquakes remain a serious threat in 46 of the United States. For some areas such as western Oregon and Washington, USGS increased …
April 21, 2008
The clash between the states and the federal government over nationwide rules to make driver’s licenses more secure has ended — for now. A truce, of sorts, between the 50 states and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has kicked …