Internal investigators are faulting the Environmental Protection Agency for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure. The EPA’s Office of Inspector …
Health care and insurance industry officials and a state legislator were named by Gov. Susana Martinez to a panel that will select New Mexico’s newly independent insurance regulator. A nine-member committee will name the superintendent of insurance to run an …
As engineers in California try to determine the cause of brittleness in steel rods on the new Bay Bridge, newly revealed documents show state transportation officials expressed concern about the integrity of some steel components for the span more than …
The streets of Boston’s financial district, usually bustling with activity, were nearly empty on Friday as staff worked from home during a virtual lockdown of the city while police hunted a suspect wanted in Monday’s bombings. Boston is a major …
Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group is continuing its integration effort with 21st Century Insurance, an auto insurance company it acquired from American International Group for approximately $1.9 billion in 2009. This month, Farmers announced that it will be closing a …
Torrential downpours across a broad swath of the U.S. Midwest this week are easing the worst drought in more than 50 years, flooding streams, snarling river transportation, stalling corn plantings – and changing the outlook for the American farm economy …
A DeKalb County family has been awarded more than $17 million in after a jury found a physician’s assistant liable for causing a man’s brain injury. Sheriod Merritt was hit by a stray bullet in a shooting and was taken …
SoDA, an association focused on the digital agency and production company community, has partnered with IPISC to offer intellectual property (IP) coverage tailored specifically to its member companies. The insurance is written through intellectual property insurance provider IPISC. The IP …
Global professional services company Towers Watson hired two brokerage executives for its crisis management business in the U.S. Towers Watson, headquartered in New York, said Corina Müller Monaghan and Steve Robinson are the first hires for the company’s crisis management …
Wholesale Brokerage Professional Risk Solutions (PRS) has launched a new venture that extends its offerings to general and product liability coverages, as well as insurance options for the life sciences industry. Through its specialist team headed by Henry Gottesman in …
