Circuit Courts Affirm Strict Construction of Flood Insurance Policies October 3, 2012 By Burke Coleman Two recent circuit court decisions affirmed that national flood insurance policies are to be strictly construed and are not subject...
Experts Call on Congress to Create First U.S. Weather Commission October 3, 2012 With the U.S. economy vulnerable to weather events costing billions of dollars, an expert panel today asked Congress to create...
Homeowners Choice Expects to Hire as it Assumes Citizens Policies October 2, 2012 Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc. is set to assume 71,000 policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Florida’s...
Police: Drunk New Mexico Man Called Police on Himself October 2, 2012 Authorities say an Albuquerque man has been arrested for drunken driving – after he called police on himself. KRQE-TV reports...
National Wildfire Teams Getting Harder to Fill October 2, 2012 Officials with the National Interagency Fire Center are studying ways to boost recruitment for the teams that manage wildfires and...
Report: Cook County Judges Sealed Hundreds of Cases October 2, 2012 Cook County, Ill., judges have hidden hundreds of court files from public view since 2000, some without reason or proper...
Cigarette Ashes Blamed in Las Vegas Apartment Fire October 2, 2012 Clark County, Nev., investigators say cigarette ashes that were improperly disposed of on a patio sparked a fire in an...
California’s Governor Record ‘Solid’ on Insurance Legislation October 2, 2012 By Don Jergler Gov. Jerry Brown saw over a dozen bills related in some way to insurance come across his desk, with a...
291 Died in New York City Traffic Accidents Last Fiscal Year October 2, 2012 The latest management report from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg shows there were 291 citywide traffic fatalities for the...
Washington D.C. Man Stages Burglary for False Claims October 2, 2012 Washington, D.C., authorities said a local man was sentenced to a year of supervised probation, a suspended sentence of three...