Archive for August, 2008
A jury has awarded nearly $1 million to a man left partially paralyzed from a stroke after being denied proper medical care in the Dallas County Jail.
The $900,000 judgment Tuesday is thought to b
DeKalb, Ill.-based Northern Illinois University (NIU) officials say the school has added 16 full-time security officers.
NIU Lieutenant Todd Henert says the Public Safety Department now has 59 ful
A judge has upheld the verdict in the case of a North Dakota couple who were awarded more than $2 million in a lawsuit against an insurance company.
Timothy and Sylvia Moore of Mountain sued Ameri
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $138, 500 in penalties for a Cullman, Alabama-based company for 31 safety and health violations.
AAR Summa Technology has been singled ou
A four-year battle between Charleston Area Medical Center and a surgeon over malpractice insurance is over.
CAMC's trustees agreed Aug. 27 to pay $11.5 million to Dr. R.E. Hamrick Jr. Hamrick agre
A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating (FSR) of 'B' (Fair) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of "bb" of Ontario-based York Fire & Casualty Insurance Company under review wit
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to 'A-' (Excellent) from 'B' (Fair) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to "a-" from "bb+" of Arkansas' American Underwriters In
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of 'A' (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a+" of UK-based QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited , QBE Insurance (International) Limited of
The Bermuda-based Max Capital Group has appointed Kevin C. Werle as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. He is an experienced insurance industry veteran, who most recently served as Vice P
"Gustav looks set to make landfall early next week as it continues to intensify along its path. Forecasts suggest that it will strike on the US Gulf coast on Tuesday morning, potentially as a category
