In the wake of a flurry of critical comments made by consumer activist groups aimed at the methodology Risk Management Solutions employed to establish “near term” hurricane models, RMS’s public policy department fired back with a rebuttal. “Our model reflects …
The Illinois House voted Wednesday to give illegal immigrants a way to drive legally on the state’s roads, a move supporters say will be controversial but should improve highway safety. Illinois police organizations support the measure. But Secretary of State …
Judicial watchdog Ed Murnane long has been critical of Madison County’s reputation as a plaintiff’s paradise in big-money lawsuits, and he knew changing that would take baby steps. So it was little wonder that the chief of the Illinois Civil …
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said the state Department of Insurance (DOI) has failed to hold an insurance company accountable for “repeatedly and unconscionably denying consumers promised health benefits.” After seven months of what he terrms “prodding and cajoling” the …
Lexington Insurance Co., a member company of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), has expanded its Violence Guard suite of services, available to Lexington’s employment practice liability (EPL) insureds to provide additional complimentary services designed to help employers prevent, respond to, …
A construction crew in Buffalo, N.Y. began erecting a safety railing minutes after a worker plunged 30 feet to his death and ignored repeated orders to stop as paramedics battled to revive the victim, police said. Within minutes of the …
Two aging fireboats that helped fight the inferno caused by the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center will be replaced by gleaming vessels that are larger and far more powerful, New York City fire officials said. …
At least 471 cases of pet kidney failure have been reported in the 10 days since a nationwide recall of dog and cat food and about a fifth of those pets have died, a veterinarians’ information service said. The maker …
Flashlights, radios, tarps and other hurricane supplies would be tax free for 12 days at the beginning of hurricane season, under a measure the Florida House has under consideration. Floridians received a similar tax break last year leading into hurricane …
A former campaign supporter of Alabamam Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Montgomery filed the suit last …