South Carolina authorities say winter weather contributed to twice as many deaths on the state’s roadways over Christmas weekend this year. Multiple media outlets report that 13 people were killed on state roads and highways during the 78-hour Christmas weekend …
Environmental groups that want coal ash to be classified as hazardous materials are challenging figures put forth by federal officials setting regulations for the substance. The groups released their analysis as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency works to develop regulation …
Automakers recalled about 20 million vehicles in 2010, led by high-profile recalls by Toyota that prompted new scrutiny of the auto industry’s safety record. The number of recalls this year was the largest in the United States since 2004, according …
A relative of an emergency medical technician who was killed while tending to an accident victim on an icy interstate in Alabama has sued the driver of a pickup truck that state troopers said hit the woman as she worked. …
The Shearon Harris nuclear power plant in New Hill, N.C. is shifting to a new model of fire safety, replacing teams of human fire patrols with an automated fire-detection system, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The nuclear complex owned by Raleigh-based …
A North Carolina jewelry store owner made a $400,000 bet against a white Christmas — and lost. Alan Perry, owner of Perry’s Emporium in Wilmington, promised refunds for everything bought at his store between Nov. 26 and Dec. 11 if …
Six years ago, Harleysville Group was in need of a big change. The Pennsylvania-based insurer had just come out of the worst performing year in its history. That’s when newly appointed CEO Michael Browne — who declared the company’s performance …
A quick, and as yet incomplete, survey of re/insurance industry leaders indicates that the main concern they will have to deal with in the coming year isn’t climate change, or Solvency II, but the insurance industry’s ancient bugaboo, the soft …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa” of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited (MSI), as well as the FSR of ‘A+’ (Superior) and ICR of “aa” …
State fire investigators have concluded that a fatal explosion at a condominium project last summer was not the result of the delivery of odorless propane gas from a Westfield, Mass., distributor, as initially thought. The report from Fire Marshal Stephen …