Hurricane warnings are up over a 220 mile stretch of North Carolina’s coast, from Surf City, north of Wilmington to the Virginia line as officials fear serious flooding and a possible 11-foot storm surge. Early Thursday, Hurricane Ophelia continues to …
Hurricane Ophelia, a Category One hurricane packing 85 mph sustained winds, is raking the North Carolina coast with strong winds and blowing rain. The center of Ophelia is 40 miles east of Wilmington, N.C. and about 50 miles southwest of …
As they began their day, 110 Gulf state evacuees from Hurricane Katrina were anxiously watching Tropical Storm Ophelia in Wilmington, N.C. as the storm sat offshore. Well, Ophelia may have some punch left in her, regaining hurricane status early Tuesday …
Hurricane Ophelia circled in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South and North Carolina on Sunday and will continue to do so today. More than 250 miles of coastline has been placed under a tropical storm watch from Edisto …
Hurricane Ophelia has gained strength, with hurricane-force winds of 85 mph with higher gusts and is expected to make landfall along the southeast Atlantic coast Sunday evening or Monday–but the National Hurricane Center’s latest report said the Ophelia was stationary …
A scheme to defraud a government agency and several private insurance companies of more than $9 million has landed an Asheville, N.C. farmer and his wife in prison. Robert Warren and Vicki Warren, owners of R&V Warren Farms, once one …
Before Hurricane Katrina, Gillis, Ellis and Baker Insurance, a leading New Orleans writer of casualty, liability benefits, health, employment, risk management and seismic vessel coverage had offices across the street from the Superdome; today half of GEB’s employees are scattered …
Consider this scenario: Your employee is driving down the road talking on a cell phone. Distracted, the employee swerves and hits what she believes to be a deer. The employee does not stop. Tragically, the deer was a 15-year-old girl. …
When an employee crashes, so does the bottom line. In many cases, it is employers who bear the human, economic, and legal costs associated with a crash. Consider the following scenario: Your employee is driving down the road talking on …
Consider the following scenario: Your employee is driving down the road talking on her cell phone to a client. Distracted by the conversation, your employee swerves and hits what she believes to be a deer. Your employee does not stop …
