A new state law designed to notify families of those who die within 24 hours of hospital admittance and invasive surgery is increasing the call volume for some coroner’s investigators. The Ann S. Perdue Independent Autopsy Fairness Act was named …
Workplace safety programs in North and South Carolina downplay serious safety problems and levy weak fines, according to an audit released by the U.S. Labor Department. The audit showed that both states impose weak penalties and have mishandled cases involving …
A trade group for agents in several Northeast states are urging Massachusetts regulators to rethink new paperwork requirements for out-of-state businesses’ workers’ comp coverage. Massachusetts Division of Insurance last month announced new rules requiring out-of-state businesses to submit additional paperwork …
New Jersey-based wholesaler Crump Property & Casualty Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Target Underwriting Management Corp., a managing general underwriter and program administrator headquartered in Connecticut. The acquired assets include Target Insurance Services, Garden State Insurance Services and Florida Liability …
The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake has hit Virginia. Dale Grant, a geophysicist with the USGS, said the magnitude 3.0 earthquake happened at 4:17 p.m. Saturday. Its epicenter was about 20 miles north of Richmond. Grant said there …
The Charles L. Crane Agency Co., St. Louis, Mo.’s oldest independent insurance agency and the oldest independent insurance agency west of the Mississippi, commemorates its 125th anniversary on Oct. 7 with the unveiling of a large-scale, three-paneled pyrography and acrylic …
A world-class convention center in Gulf Shores. Low-fare airline service at Mobile Regional Airport. A permanent solution to Alabama’s coastal insurance crisis. Those ideas and dozens more were flying through the fall air Tuesday as members of the Alabama Coastal …
Heather Myers, 18, will tell you she has texted while driving, but she’s quick to point out it’s only in an emergency. “I’ve never texted when I’m on the highway, though,” said the senior from Winston County. She and other …
A key trade group for insurance agents in New York is lauding a proposal by regulators to reform the coastal homeowners insurance market in the state. The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) called the proposed reforms …
About half the households in Plaquemines Parish, La., are using photocopied form letters to ask for grocery money without any documentation to back up their claims, says the administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill compensation fund. Kenneth Feinberg said …
