The remains of Tropical Storm Nicole battered the U.S. Atlantic Coast like a hurricane as it moved from the Carolinas to New England on Friday. Nicole was a minimal tropical storm for just six hours Wednesday, but the broad, ragged …
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said a group of insurers, that represent 72.1 percent of the homeowners’ multi-peril insurance market, have agreed to comply with voluntary reforms to the claims handling process — the effect of which means consumers will …
A man convicted of stealing farm equipment and transporting it to his Kansas farm faces sentencing in a five-state theft operation. Matthew T. Jones was scheduled to go before U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren in federal court in Wichita. Jones …
A man charged with setting fire to two churches in Pope County, Ark., has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. A judge also ordered 56-year-old Steven M. Kelterborn to pay $215,000 in restitution. Officials say Kelterborn …
A jury convicted an Arkansas developer on fraud charges, finding that he set fire to his $1.6 million family home in Little Rock in an effort to collect insurance proceeds. Aaron Jones was convicted of three counts of mail fraud …
A North Carolina automobile repair shop owner and one of his customers have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud. State officials report that John Marvin Smith, III, of Robersonville, and Fronzie Griffin, of Williamston, have both been charged with …
The administrator of BP’s $20 billion fund to compensate people harmed by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says some whose claims were denied will get paid after all. Kenneth Feinberg says the Gulf Coast Claims Facility expects many of …
A Massachusetts woman admits that she and her husband intentionally ate glass particles, then submitted false insurance claims. Mary Evano pleaded guilty Tuesday to a 23-count indictment charging her with fraud, conspiracy and other offenses. The indictment alleged that between …
A federal judge has reinstated a lawsuit by two environmental groups that claim an energy company polluted the Conemaugh River in Pennsylvania and thwarted efforts to clean it up. The lawsuit filed in 2007 by PennEnvironment and the Sierra Club …
A western Kentucky jury has convicted a former security guard of stealing copper cable at a railroad engine shop where he formerly worked. The McCracken Circuit Court jury took about 45 minutes to convict 43-year-old Anthony Fagan and under 10 …