Monthly Archives: <span>June 2011</span>

Ga. Bus Company Ordered Off the Road Due to Unsafe Operations

Georgia-based H & W Tour, Inc., has been ordered to immediately cease all intrastate and interstate passenger service within hours of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) uncovering violations “so widespread as to demonstrate a …

Kenneth Russo Joins ASI as Vice President – Excess Casualty

Ken Russo has joined American Safety Insurance as vice president – Excess Casualty Underwriting and will be responsible for the expansion of ASI’s excess casualty products. Russo has forty years of experience in the casualty underwriting market. Prior to joining …

Lexington Insurance CEO to Speak at MarketScout’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium

Eastwood perpetuating Lexington’s leadership role in innovation DALLAS, TX, June 30, 2011 — Peter Eastwood, President and CEO of Lexington Insurance, will deliver a keynote presentation at MarketScout’s fifth annual Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium, outlining changing exposures created by alternative energy …

Corps: Mississippi River Flood Damaged Levees

The head of the group overseeing work by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says another floodway could be needed to relieve pressure on levees along the Mississippi River. Maj. Gen. Michael J. Walsh told The Commercial Appeal that he’s not …

AAA Public Adjusting to Expand Florida Operations

AAA Public Adjusting Group and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Florida Claims Consultants AAA/FCC), will begin offering services to homeowners with hurricane damage statewide. The plan calls for the Hollywood, Florida-based firms to open offices and acquire existing claims’ firms in North …

Some Arkansas Chicken Plant Workers Still Hospitalized

Approximately 300 people at a Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in northwest Arkansas were evacuated and 173 were sent to local hospitals after an accidental mixture of chemicals created a chlorine gas inside part of the facility. Company spokesman Gary …

NJ Court: Desk Job, Not Bad Health, Led to Death

The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday in a case that raised questions …

Ariz. Police Confirm 2nd Hack on Officers’ Email

Arizona state police say a second computer hacking attack in as many weeks targeted personal email accounts of some of its officers. Department of Public Safety spokesman Capt. Steve Harrison says the agency is reviewing the information released Tuesday by …

More Tylenol Extra Strength Pills Recalled

Johnson & Johnson has announced yet another Tylenol recall due to a musty moldy odor linked to a trace chemical. The company’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit is recalling more than 60,000 bottles of Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets made in February …

Toyota to Recall 82,200 Vehicles in the US

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will recall about 82,200 hybrid SUVs in the U.S. due to computer boards with possible faulty wiring. The car giant said the recall will involve Highlander and Lexus brand hybrid SUVs from its 2006 …