AUSTIN, Texas — Florida dropped back to second place, but remains close to the top of the 18 hurricane-target coastal states in building codes in a 2015 rating report released Wednesday by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. The Institute, in an update of its 2012 findings, gave Florida 94 points out of…
TRINITY — The club with clout is suddenly the club without. The West Pasco Republican Club, a fixture in local political circles for four decades, faces a likely demise after party leaders declined to renew the group’s charter this week. The club president called it a political vendetta against one of the group’s former longtime…
We’ve all seen someone driving down the road distracted by their cell phone, food, or a GPS device. However, a recent survey of U.S. drivers reveals even more outlandish behavior happening behind the wheel. In an effort to discourage distracted driving in conjunction with National Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April, Harris Poll, on…
Another state is taking aim at automobile crash rings. Kentucky HB 153 goes into effect in late June and makes it illegal to solicit victims involved in an automobile crash for medical treatment for 30 days following the incident. Mark Treesh, executive director for the Insurance Institute of Kentucky, describes the scheme this way:…