Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship hits the courtroom for a criminal trial Thursday, facing charges that he conspired to break safety laws and lied to financial regulators about safety practices at the site of the deadliest U.S. mine explosion …
Forecasters are watching Tropical Storm Joaquin as it churns in the Atlantic near the Bahamas to see if it will become a threat to the U.S. East Coast later this week. Joaquin was about 385 miles (620 kilometers) northeast of …
Forecasters are watching Tropical Storm Joaquin as it churns in the Atlantic near the Bahamas to see if it will become a threat to the U.S. East Coast later this week. Joaquin was about 385 miles (620 kilometers) northeast of …
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin is urging teenage drivers to not use their cell phones while driving as part of the fourth annual “It Can Wait” campaign in the state. Kilmartin kicked off this year’s effort on Sept. 25 …
Preferred Mutual Insurance Company in New Berlin, New York, hired Kindra Butler-Andersen as field sales manager. Butler-Andersen brings more than 22 years of industry experience to Preferred, having most recently worked as regional sales director at a national carrier. Preferred …
ACE Limited announced that it intends to appoint Juan C. Andrade, as executive VP of the new Chubb Group and President of the International Non-life Insurance division, which encompasses operations with both retail broker and wholesale market distribution. The bulletin …
Mountain Ranch is known as a Gold Rush-era, fiercely independent place, where many of its aging residents distrust the government and prefer to take matters into their own hands. The unincorporated hamlet in Calaveras County bore the brunt of a …
Worldwide Facilities, a wholesale broker and managing general agent based in Los Angeles, hired Bill Craane as vice president and New York Casualty Practice leader. He’s based in Worldwide Facilities’ New York City office. Craane brings to his new role …
State agriculture officials say a Florida man is accused of illegally obtaining more than 4 million pounds of citrus, valued at over half a million dollars, from five different individuals and companies. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said in a news …
Former Milledgeville, Ga., Mayor Richard Bentley has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of insurance fraud. Multiple media outlets report that Bentley was sentenced in Baldwin County Superior Court to 10 years probation, given a $2,000 fine and ordered to perform …