The Louisiana Department of Insurance reports that a Baton Rouge man has been arrested for allegedly burglarizing a bait vehicle provided through a Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (LATIFPA)/National Insurance Crime Bureau program.The bait vehicle program is …
California courts recognize that every insurance policy issued in the state of California contains an implied in law covenant of good faith and fair dealing. See, e.g., PPG Industries, Inc. v. Transamerica Ins. Co., 20 Cal.4th 310, 84 Cal.Rptr.2d 455, …
Florida regulators are expressing concern over a State Farm Florida proposed statewide average 57.3 percent rate hike in insurance rates for landlords that will result in higher premiums while the insurer continues not to write new business. At a public …
People are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at others, according to a new study that has implications for distracted drivers. Trying to do two visual tasks at once hurt performance in both tasks significantly more …
A young man talking on a cellphone meanders along the edge of a lonely train platform at night. Suddenly he stumbles, loses his balance and pitches over the side, landing head first on the tracks. Fortunately there were no trains …
South Korean police said they arrested two men who allegedly stole the personal details of about 8 million mobile phone subscribers and sold it to marketing companies in one of the country’s biggest hacking schemes. Police said in a statement …
Rhode Island emergency management officials are testing the state’s response to a major hurricane. The state’s National Guard and Emergency Management Agency are holding a hurricane simulation. It starts Monday and runs through Friday. Dubbed “Vigilant Guard,” the statewide exercise …
Fire departments in the Charleston, S.C., area are lending each other a helping hand. Five fire departments in the area on Monday sign a new agreement under which they will automatically provide assistance during emergencies. The departments include Charleston and …
A Southeast Texas woman has used colorful paint and her imagination to spruce up a town still recovering from Hurricane Ike. Lucy Fields since May has painted about 50 fire hydrants in Bridge City, which suffered damage in the 2008 …
A fire swept through a train car packed with sleeping passengers in southern India on Monday, killing at least 32 people and sending panicked survivors rushing for the only clear exit once the train stopped, officials said. Investigators found charred …