Mr. Prindle said there has been "a lot of residential damage to roofs--tiles being blown off, and also being struck by debris; lots of trees down on power lines; and for commercial, too, some roofs off

A statement on her Web site mentioned that Delaware's workers' comp costs keep insurance premiums high for businesses. Cutting those costs back was seen as aiding state efforts to keep DaimlerChrysler

The probe, being conducted by State Attorney General Jim Hood, began months ago when subpoenas were issued, and was the subject last year of an unsuccessful court challenge by the insurer and a Housto

The company said the Progressive Direct Group of Insurance Companies, which sells auto insurance to consumers by telephone and over the Internet, began offering its "TripSense" product last month in M

Jack L. Denton--the Biloxi, Miss. attorney representing the plaintiff in the next case, scheduled for Jan. 22 in U.S. District Court in Gulfport, Miss.--said after Thursday's verdict he was

State Farm must pay $2.5 million in punitive damages to a couple whose house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, a Mississippi federal jury ruled last week. The panel's finding came hours after U.S.

State Farm, after losing a Hurricane Katrina home damage case to the tune of $2.7 million, is due before the same judge in Mississippi federal court to try a case with a similar fact pattern in 10 day

The panel's finding came hours after U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr., in Gulfport ruled that the homeowners, whose claim had been denied by the insurer, were entitled to $223,292 for their h