Controlling urban growth and increasing forested land are the most effective ways to decrease future water runoff and flooding, according to a Purdue University study. Bryan Pijanowski, an associate professor of forestry and natural resources, used a model to simulate …
Eight percent of all drivers, as many as 17 million people, have driven drunk at least once during the past year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released that data as the U.S. Department of Transportation kicked off the …
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said his department is better able to quickly respond to disasters now, five years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the U.S. Gulf Coast. FEMA was widely pilloried in the days after the 2005 …
A bulletin from Aon UK, notes that Britain’s Insurance Fraud Bureau “has claimed that “crash for cash” schemes, in which car accidents are staged in order to claim on another drivers’ insurance, are at an all time high.” As a …
Arc Legal Assistance, a UK-based specialist provider of legal expenses insurance, has announced the launch of a dedicated yachting and marine pleasure craft legal expenses cover and claims service. The company said it would “target growth with an enhanced product …
Colorado’s Division of Insurance announced it has reached a settlement agreement with Pinnacol Assurance, the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, concerning filing issues raised earlier this year. Pinnacol has agreed to credit policyholders a minimum of $15 million against premiums …
Breckenridge Insurance Services LLC was selected as the program administrator for CNA Select Risk’s Public Entity program in 16 western and Midwestern states. This program offers small and medium sized cities, towns, villages, counties and other special districts liability coverage …
Towerstone Inc., a wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency headquartered in Dallas, has introduced the Towerstone Oil and Gas Equipment Program, a new insurance program for the energy sector. The program is exclusive to Towerstone through a highly rated …
Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, has added John Stege of Aptos, Calif., as a vice president and broker for the Employee Benefits Division. Stege has more than 11 years experience in providing customized professional third-party administration services in the …
Travelers Insurance has won a $262 million judgment against a group of reinsurers that refused to pay a portion of a nearly $1 billion settlement in asbestos claims the insurer paid in 2002. The award by a New York Supreme …
