The online dating service eHarmony has agreed to settle a California lawsuit that claimed it discriminated against homosexuals. Under a proposed settlement filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, eHarmony will link its straight and gay Web sites and allow people …
An official at West Virginia’s Yeager Airport says U.S. Airways’ insurer is going to pay $700,000 to repair runway damage from an aborted takeoff. Director Rick Atkinson said it should take about eight days to fix the damage. Work includes …
The Kansas Insurance Department (KID) reported that a former Kansas City-area insurance agent has been convicted on federal charges of insurance and mortgage fraud, and handed a 15-year jail term. Investigators from the KID Anti-fraud Division provided federal authorities with …
Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital in New Orleans and its corporate parent have settled a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a 73-year-old woman who died after Hurricane Katrina left the hospital without electricity. Terms of the settlement with Althea …
Agriculture officials say Arkansas farmers sustained nearly $400 million in crop losses for the 2009 growing season. An estimate released by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture noted that 3,700 full- and part-time jobs were lost, as was $100 …
Residents of 25 homes evacuated after a landslide split a retaining wall and threatened to topple hilltop homes will not be allowed to return for at least 10 days as engineers watch for further soil movement, the developer said Jan. …
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength ratings (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada (RSA Canada), Quebec Assurance Company and …
Workers’ compensation costs per claim for injured workers in Minnesota are among the lowest of 15 states, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based WCRI found that total costs …
New Hampshire’s highest court has ruled that state lawmakers cannot raid $110 million in reserves from the Joint Underwriting Association, which underwrites medical malpractice insurance in the state. The Supreme Court decision, released this morning, upholds a lower-court decision that …
Jurors have awarded a former student $64,000 in compensatory damages over harassment by her English teacher at New Jersey’s prestigious Peddie School. The jury ruled on Tuesday that the school failed to stop the harassing e-mails Brittany Tarabour received from …