Since President Bush issued a disaster declaration for Indiana’s Vanderburgh and Warrick counties on Nov. 8, more than $2.4 million in federal and state disaster assistance has been approved for households and government entities affected by the tornado and severe …
President George W. Bush has made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Louisiana by authorizing an extension of 100 percent federal funding for debris removal through June 30, 2006. Eligible debris removal and emergency protective measures, including those …
Investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Edmonds (Wash.) Fire Marshal’s Office, Edmonds Police Department and Lynnwood Fire Department reported they have completed processing the scene of the fire that destroyed the Gregory Building Dec. 17 …
New Mexico’s Museum of Fine Arts has acquired a 1923 Stuart Davis painting, while the private Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has announced it has acquired another O’Keeffe painting and works by eight other artists. The Museum of Fine Arts received $700,000 …
Three operators of an Orange County, Calif., clinic pleaded guilty to charges they bilked insurers out of nearly $15 million by operating on healthy people, authorities said. Scheme mastermind Tam Vu Pham, 41, faces 13 years in prison after pleading …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) will hold several classes for employers in January around Ohio to help them prevent workplace accidents and reduce costs. Employers and employees from a variety of fields can gain information about workplace safety …
As people make their New Year’s resolutions, AAA Minnesota/Iowa would encourage those with driver’s licenses to resolve to be better drivers. Across the country every year, drivers kill more than 40,000 people and seriously injure more than a million more …
AIR Worldwide Corporation conducted an analysis of the potential impact on insurers of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005. The Act was signed into law last week and extends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) through …
A rural south Alabama county has boosted its insurance coverage to cover any attack by a foreign-based terrorist group after a discussion over such an unlikely event. The Clarke County Commission approved the $7,000 annual premium for the insurance that …
The president of a small North Carolina insurance agency accused of shooting his two partners was upset because they wanted to sell the business, authorities said. James T. Tedesco, 37, has been charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder …