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Flood-Damaged Kentucky Derby Museum to Reopen Next April

Nov 15 2009 // The Kentucky Derby Museum will reopen next year after renovations to fix flooding damage are made to the tourist attraction showcasing the world’s most famous horse race.Flash flooding that hit Louisville in early...

Nevada Firm Predicts Dim Construction Prospects for Vegas

Nov 10 2009 // A Las Vegas research firm says the struggling economy should bring commercial construction to a virtual standstill around Las Vegas next year.However, some local insurance agents and brokers said they believe that...

Kentucky Derby Museum to Reopen Next April After Flood Damage Fix

Nov 6 2009 // The Kentucky Derby Museum will reopen next year after renovations to fix flooding damage are made to the tourist attraction showcasing the world’s most famous horse race.Flash flooding that hit Louisville in early...

Insurance Charity’s Golf Tourney for Children Adds New Casino Night

Oct 16 2009 // For seven years every October the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation has held its annual charity golf tournament to benefit children. But this year is different.For one thing, the venue has been moved to the Arroyo...

Prosecutors: Mobsters Worked as NYC Inspectors

Oct 5 2009 // Corruption in New York City’s construction industry ran so deep that mobsters worked as city building inspectors in recent years, prosecutors said Thursday.One reputed Lucchese crime family member used his city...

$4 Million in Flood Damage Closes Kentucky Derby Museum Until 2010

Oct 5 2009 // The Kentucky Derby Museum will remain closed for the rest of the year as the tourist attraction showcasing the world’s most famous horse race tries to recover from flood damage. Flash flooding hit Louisville in early...

$4 Million in Flood Damage Closes Kentucky Derby Museum Until 2010

Sep 18 2009 // The Kentucky Derby Museum will remain closed for the rest of the year as the tourist attraction showcasing the world’s most famous horse race tries to recover from flood damage.Flash flooding that hit Louisville in...

Insurance Adjusters Survey Flood Damage at Kentucky Derby Museum

Aug 7 2009 // Much of the Kentucky Derby Museum’s prized collection is scattered on tables after extensive damage from flash flooding that hit Louisville. Insurance investigators toured the museum on Wednesday, a day after...

Height of New Jersey Beach Dunes Kicks up Political Sandstorm

Jul 22 2009 // Where’s the beach?That’s the question some oceanfront homeowners are asking, bothered that the dunes are blocking their ocean views. A sandstorm is brewing in Atlantic City, where businesses and the City...

Declarations

Apr 20 2009 // Life-Changing Tornado“I had more insurance than I thought I did.” —Bill Lant, owner of Lant’s Country Feed Store in Seneca, Mo., says an EF-4 tornado that swept through Newton County, Mo., on May 10,...

Fire Damaged Casino in Illinois to Re-open in June

Apr 13 2009 // Officials at the fire damaged Joliet Empress Casino in Illinois have said that the casino will likely open by the end of June, an announcement that was cheered by workers at the operation.Frank Quigley, vice president and...

Fire Officials Put Chicago-Area Casino Damages at $340M

Mar 30 2009 // Fire officials in suburban Chicago say an early estimate of fire damages to the Empress Casino is $340 million.The March 20 fire sparked by a construction worker spread quickly and burned for 12 hours but was contained to...

Illinois Casino’s Sprinklers Were Off When Fire Destroyed Building

Mar 26 2009 // The city building inspector of suburban Joliet says the sprinkler system of the Empress Casino’s pavilion was disconnected when a fire destroyed the building.David Mackley said the sprinklers had been shut off just...

Greenbrier Owner Weighs Options for Money-Losing West Virginia Resort

Jan 5 2009 // Railroad operator CSX Corp. has hired New York investment banker Goldman, Sachs & Co. to help determine what to do with the money-losing luxury resort.The aim is to make the White Sulphur Springs landmark a viable...

West Virginia Voters Approve Gambling for The Greenbrier

Nov 16 2008 // West Virgina voters have approved a measure that will allow the Greenbrier Resort to add casino gambling to its list of four-star amenities.Voters rejected a similar proposal in 2000, but this year’s measure was...

West Virginia Voters Approve Gambling for The Greenbrier

Nov 6 2008 // West Virgnia voters have approved a measure that will allow the Greenbrier Resort to add casino gambling to its list of four-star amenities.With 100 percent of the vote counted, the measure was approved by a vote of 51...

Declarations

Oct 20 2008 // Not a Gambling Problem“I wouldn’t refer to it as gambling. [The credit default swaps were] underwritten individually and very carefully.” —Martin Sullivan, former AIG CEO, testifying before the House...

Louisiana Still Mopping up From Gustav as Ike Enters Gulf

Sep 10 2008 // Hurricane Ike entered the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 9 and the latest path projected by the National Hurricane Center has the storm making landfall in Texas, possibly near Corpus Christi. Meanwhile, Louisiana is still mopping...

Insurers Estimate Gustav Claims as HIgh as $10 Billion

Sep 4 2008 // Residential and commercial damages from Hurricane Gustav will trigger an estimated $4 billion to $10 billion in insurance claims, a third of which could affect the energy industry.While Gustav’s force paled in...

Hurricane Gustav Surge Floods Mississippi Casino

Sep 3 2008 // The ground floor of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Biloxi’s casino row was flooded during the storm surge from Gustav and wind-whipped water continued to splash into its parking garage on the afternoon of Sept....