A North Carolina Firefighters’ group petitioning for mandatory safety measures in certain new residential construction believe a recent ruling by the state’s Building Code Council to hold-off pending further study came too quickly. Wes Greene, chief of the Mooresville, N.C. …
The North Carolina Labor Department says workplace deaths dropped 29 percent statewide in 2007, down to 46 from 65 the year before. The leading cause of workplace death was being crushed, with those accidents having claimed 18 lives last year. …
2 The number of fires in consecutive days in a University of Tennessee dorm that prompted the state fire Marshal to begin a 24-hour fire alert and watch. The Knoxville Fire Department responded to calls after fires in a fifth …
U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval recently dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Corps of Engineers over levee failures in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Duval ruled the Corps had immunity from the lawsuit, not because he didn’t believe …
The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Private and Parochial Schools Nuts & Bolts: Francis L. Dean & Associates of Colorado is …
The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group in Santa Cruz, Calif., appointed Kim Aday to vice president finance/treasurer. Aday joined the group in 1997 in the position of accountant. In early 2001, she was promoted to controller. H.W. Kaufman Financial Group/Burns & …
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The U.S. business owners policy (BOP) market consists of nearly 21 million enterprises and produces more than $20 billion in premiums. Within this broad market sector, 44 percent of the premium opportunity is concentrated in 10 classes which are predominately …
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley appointed Brock Long to serve as director of the Alabama Emergency Management Agency. Long has served in emergency management at the state and federal levels specializing in hurricane planning and response. Riley and Long met with …
Donegal Group Inc., based in Marietta, Pa., is moving to amend the intercompany pooling agreement between Donegal Mutual and Atlantic States Insurance Co., its largest insurance subsidiary. Subject to approval by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, the proposed amendment will increase …
