Southeast News Insurers Paid $2.2B After Alabama Tornadoes December 30, 2011 Authorities say insurers have paid at least $2.2 billion claims arising from the April tornado outbreak in Alabama. The Birmingham... Read More
East News Virginia Study to Examine Fire Risk of Living Near Woods December 30, 2011 An effort is under way in the Central Shenandoah Valley to find ways to protect homes on the edge of... Read More
International News ACE Acquires General Insurer Rio Guayas in Ecuador December 30, 2011 The ACE Group announced the acquisition of Rio Guayas Compania de Seguros y Reaseguros, a general insurance company in Ecuador... Read More
Midwest News Cleveland Pays $325,000 to Settle Suit Over Hiring December 30, 2011 A lawsuit a union filed in 1994 over Cleveland’s hiring practices has been settled for $325,000. The Plain Dealer reports... Read More
Midwest News Plaintiff in Iowa Bias Suit to Face Theft Charge December 30, 2011 By RYAN J. FOLEY A former Iowa workforce adviser helping lead a class-action discrimination lawsuit filed by black workers is expected to face federal... Read More
U.S. Court Upholds Telecom Immunity for Surveillance December 30, 2011 By Dan Levine A U.S. appeals panel on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a federal law that grants immunity to telecommunications companies that... Read More
Pricing Power Evades Insurers Despite Losses December 30, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz Despite more than $100 billion in disaster losses around the world this year, insurers are not yet experiencing a broad... Read More
U.S. Police Fatalities Up 13 Percent in 2011 December 30, 2011 By GREG BLUESTEIN One Oregon police chief was killed when a man allegedly took the officer’s gun and shot him in the head.... Read More
West News $17.8M Settlement for San Diego Military Jet Crash December 30, 2011 A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to pay $17.8 million to a Korean family that lost four members... Read More
East News Pennsylvania School Settles Another Webcam Spying Lawsuit December 30, 2011 A suburban Philadelphia school district has settled another lawsuit over its alleged spying on students through laptop webcams. A lawyer... Read More