November 17, 2011
Federal safety regulators disclosed problems Tuesday with oil and other hazardous liquid pipelines at seven major river crossings and hundreds of smaller crossings in Montana and northern Wyoming, problems that could put the lines at increased risk of failure. Problems …
July 18, 2011
Damage from the thunderstorm that dropped golfball-sized hail on Cheyenne is expected to reach into the “tens of millions,” according to the insurance industry. The executive director of the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association, Carole Walker, said that the damage …
June 23, 2011
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has signed a disaster declaration for damages around the state caused by the ongoing flooding. The state estimates about $6.8 million in damages so far to agriculture and infrastructure. That includes the cost of preventative efforts, …
April 7, 2011
A Wyoming jury has ruled that a youth baseball league is not responsible for the death of a woman at a Casper ball field in 2008. The jury concluded Casper Youth Baseball did not behave negligently in connection with the …
March 3, 2011
A Wyoming legislative committee has killed a bill that would have barred employers in the state from prohibiting their workers from keeping guns in their vehicles at the workplace. The Senate Transportation Committee voted 5-0 on to defeat the workplace …
February 16, 2011
The Wyoming House is considering a bill that would prevent employers from prohibiting workers from keeping guns in their vehicles at the workplace. The House voted 36-23 in favor of House Bill 207, sponsored by Rep. Sam Krone, R-Cody. The …
January 28, 2011
A national survey says Wyoming led the nation with the highest number of traffic deaths per capita in 2009. The study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Wyoming had 24.6 deaths per 100,000 residents in 2009 based …
December 23, 2010
In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of what they used to be, and unemployment and home foreclosure rates up, said Kevin Baker of San Jose, Calif.-based Suhr …
December 20, 2010
Survey Finds Agencies Take a Second Look at Hiring Employees With Past E&O Histories Today’s soft insurance market, reduced commissions and a tough economy for agency owners and their clients might be adding to agency errors and omissions (E&O) exposures. …
December 10, 2010
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on State Auto National Insurance Co. (SA National), a subsidiary of State Auto Financial Corp. and a member of SAG, on CreditWatch with negative implications. …