Monthly Archives: <span>February 2023</span>

Midwest Meat Plant Cleaning Service Fined $1.5M for Hiring Minors

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – One of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday as it announced over …

Upper Midwest Braces For Nearly 2 Feet of Snow

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A wide swath of the Upper Midwest braced Tuesday for a historic winter storm that was expected to bury parts of the region in nearly 2 feet of snow and bring blizzard conditions. The storm was to …

Explosion at Ohio Metals Plant Kills 1 Worker, Injures More Than a Dozen

OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) – A maintenance worker was killed in explosion at an Ohio metals plant that sparked a large fire and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, with at least two in critical condition, authorities said. …

Epstein Victims Say Banks Chose Profits Over Following Law

Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. chose to profit from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking venture rather than follow the law, victims of the pedophile told a judge, urging him not to throw out their lawsuit seeking damages from the …

People Moves: AXIS Appoints Galanski Head of N.A. P/C Programs; Ningen Named Swiss Re CEO of U.S. P/C

AXIS Appoints Galanski as Head of North America Property & Casualty Programs Gabriel Galanski has joined AXIS Capital Holdings Limited as head of North American property and casualty programs. Galanski will manage, develop and administer programs and will work in …

New Mexico Law Signed to Help Wildfire, Flooding Recovery

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed to use zero-interest loans to help local governments in the arid, Southwest state repair or replace public infrastructure damaged by wildfires or subsequent flooding. The law follows last year’s historic Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon …

Lawyer’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Vegas Casino

The family of a Florida lawyer who suffered a heart attack at a Las Vegas blackjack table last year and died months later has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a casino. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports David Jagolinzer was …

Chaudhuri Moves from Alfa to Alabama DOI as Chief Actuary

Sanjeev Chaudhuri, the former chief actuary at Alfa Insurance, is the new chief actuary for the Alabama Department of Insurance, the DOI announced this week. Chaudhuri has more than 20 years of experience in property-casualty insurance, life insurance and accident …

Viewpoint: Four Approaches to Expand Commercial P/C’s Market Relevance

Despite a range of disruptions, global commercial P/C insurance carriers have actually delivered good returns over the last few years—mostly thanks to higher premiums, which have risen 6 to 8 percent a year since 2018. But that cannot go on …

People Moves: Swiss Re Promotes Ningen to CEO, US P&C Re; MS Reinsurance Hires 4 for Data, Underwriting; Aon Promotes Day, Dickson in Political Violence & Terrorism Team

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Swiss Re, MS Reinsurance, and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. Swiss Re Promotes Ningen to CEO, US P&C Re Monica Ningen has been named CEO of US …