Nexus Unites Trade Credit Broking Business Under ‘Xenia’ Brand August 17, 2020 Xenia Broking Group, the independent trade credit broking arm of Nexus Group, announced it is uniting under one trading name...
Japanese Bulk Carrier Splits Apart as Mauritian Authorities Work to Contain Oil Spill August 17, 2020 By Omar Mohammed A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around...
Heatwaves Raising California’s Wildfire Risk August 17, 2020 By Eric Roston The current heatwave broiling Californians like no event in decades is also elevating the risk for another potential disaster in...
Global Insurance M&A Surges in 1st Half but Lull Likely in H2 on COVID Uncertainties August 17, 2020 Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global insurance industry rose in the first half of 2020 with 201 completed deals...
OSHA Defends Inspector Calling Ahead to Pennsylvania Meat Plant Before Visiting August 17, 2020 A federal safety inspector tipped off a coronavirus-tainted Pennsylvania meatpacking plant before visiting the next day — then failed to...
University Insured Chinese Student Tuition Revenue Against Virus. Then COVID-19 Hit. August 17, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn After becoming dean of the University of Illinois business school in 2015, Jeffrey Brown worried that politics or a virus...
Investigators Confirm Passenger Train in Scotland Hit Landslide Before Derailment August 17, 2020 A passenger train hit a landslide before derailing in Scotland [on Wednesday, Aug. 12], killing three people, UK rail investigators...
Lebanon’s Insurance Claims from Beirut Port Blast Total $425 Million, So Far August 17, 2020 By Dana Khraiche Insurance claims toward the massive explosion at the Port of Beirut have so far reached $425 million, according to a...
Prosecutors: Convicted N.C. Insurance CEO Has No Remorse, Should Serve 14 Years August 17, 2020 A federal prosecutor said Wednesday that a billionaire Durham businessman should spend 14 years in prison for trying to bribe...
West Virginia Halts Nursing Home Visits as Virus Cases, Deaths Surge August 17, 2020 By John Raby West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday halted nursing home visits as both confirmed cases and deaths from the new...