Tropical Storm Isaac Takes Aim at New Orleans Tropical Storm Isaac had nearly reached hurricane strength as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and... Read More
AIR: Crop Insurance Claims Expected to Exceed $13 Billion The drought in the U.S. agricultural heartland continues to deteriorate crops in the Corn Belt with no meaningful precipitation relief... Read More
Drought’s Effect Felt Beyond Crops This season’s abnormally hot weather has caused dry conditions in nearly every state, from Alaska to extreme drought in Hawaii.... Read More
Workers’ Comp: There’s an App for That There’s an app for just about everything. And although a new workers’ compensation application from the University of Alabama at... Read More
Isaac Targets Haiti, Gulf Energy Rigs Begin Shutting Down Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened on Friday as it took aim at flood-prone Haiti, but it is not expected to become... Read More
Government Joins False Claims Suit Against Gallup The Justice Department said Wednesday that it has joined a lawsuit against The Gallup Organization alleging the polling company filed... Read More
Government Gene Sleuths Stop Superbug That Killed 6 Over six frightening months, a deadly germ untreatable by most antibiotics spread in the nation’s leading research hospital. Pretty soon,... Read More
Great American Promotes Thompson, Jr. to Divisional President Great American Insurance Group promoted David L. Thompson, Jr. to divisional president of its Specialty Property and Casualty AgriBusiness Division.... Read More
AAA: 33M Americans Plan to Travel Over Labor Day Americans plan to hit the road this Labor Day weekend despite rising gas prices. Thirty three million people will travel... Read More
Slideshow: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida with winds topping 160 mph on August 24, 1992, devastating several communities before striking the... Read More