Forecasters Warn Gustav Could be Major Hurricane When It Reaches Gulf States Monday

Tropical Storm Gustav shifted course slightly on Thursday morning and moved toward the Jamaica, and forecasters predicted it would be a powerful hurricane by the time it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. "The re-formation of the center has caused a big southward change ... and Gustav is now forecast to pass near the south coast ...

The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry reported mixed results in the first six months of 2008, according to a new Fitch report. Profitability declined due to poor ...

A.M. Best Co. said that all of the ratings and the under review with negative implications status of CastlePoint Insurance Company (CPIC), Bermuda-based CastlePoint Reinsurance ...

Premiums for workers' compensation insurance in New York will drop 5 percent in 2009, said Gov. David Paterson, marking the second straight annual decline since landmark reform ...

The Delaware Department of Transportation says it will add eight live traffic cameras to the statewide traffic monitoring system by the end of September. The cameras provide ...

Property owners in Danvers, Mass., have approved a $6.6 million settlement offer by the co-owners of a paint factory that exploded in 2006 and caused major damage to their ...

A jury awarded $5 million to James Wisniewski, a former altar boy on Wednesday, August 27, in a widely watched sexual abuse trial. Rev. Raymond Kownacki was convicted of ...

Officials at Miami University are investigating two fires they say were deliberately set in a dormitory on the Oxford campus. University police say the fires were ...

The latest workers' compensation filing in Florida calls for an overall average rate decrease of 14.1 percent statewide, which would produce a savings of more than $465 million ...

Volusia County, Florida officials say they are evacuating about 20 homes in DeBary after a sinkhole opened in a neighborhood. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office and ...

Police and fire officials in Daytona Beach, Florida say seven cars were damaged when a hotel overhang collapsed. Battalion Chief Kris Gray said no one was hurt when the ...

Georgia authorities say tornadoes apparently caused storm damage in Hall and Jackson counties. The severe weather on Aug. 26 caused no deaths. In Hall County, a funnel ...

Tennessee State Rep. G.A. Hardaway of Memphis faces charges of driving on a suspended license and driving without proof of insurance in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Hardaway, ...

Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents Wednesday again faced the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav ...

Oil companies ramped up preparations to evacuate some facilities as Hurricane Gustav made its way toward the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, becoming a potential threat to the region's ...

More than $24 million has been approved to help people, businesses and infrastructure affected by Hurricane Dolly after the storm hit the Rio Grande Valley last month, several ...

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. (TMIC) said it would appeal to the Supreme Court a decision handed down by the 14th Court of Appeals. The 14th Court rejected Texas Mutual's ...

Montana had 54 work-related fatalities in 2007, according to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) study report released by the Montana Department of Labor and ...

California's State Compensation Insurance Fund has appointed Jürg Morach vice president, Central Valley North-Claims. In this capacity, he will oversee dedicated claims ...

After causing more than 20 deaths in Haiti, Tropical Storm Gustav is now heading for Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The latest update from Miami's National Hurricane ...

Maple Leaf Foods Inc's chief executive said Wednesday his company was fully accountable for an outbreak of listeriosis food poisoning, which has been linked to the deaths of 15 ...

West Palm Beach, FL, August 28, 2008 -- McAuley Woods and Associates is excited to announce that it has completed negotiations with Adrian Smith, CEO of Geneva Risk Services, ...