The American Insurance Association trade group spent $230,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on a variety of issues.

The American Insurance Association trade group spent $230,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on a variety of issues.

Churchill Downs workers scrambled to corral horses driven from their collapsing barns when a confirmed tornado hit the famed Kentucky Derby horse track last night, June 22.

Churchill Downs workers scrambled to corral horses driven from their collapsing barns when a confirmed tornado hit the famed Kentucky Derby horse track last night, June 22.

A BP PLC contractor has agreed to pay the British oil giant $75 million to settle all potential claims between the companies over last year's deadly rig explosion and the massive oil spill.

Heavy rains and strong winds from Hurricane Beatriz pounded resorts and beaches on Mexico's Pacific coast late Monday.

Heavy rains and strong winds from Hurricane Beatriz pounded resorts and beaches on Mexico's Pacific coast late Monday.

Four people, including a radiologist and neurologist, are facing hundreds of criminal charges in a $17 million workers' compensation insurance fraud scheme in Orange County, Calif.