Latest Manufacturing Headlines

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Report: Toyota Tacoma Safest of Small Pickups

Jul 24 2008 // Small pickups aren’t providing as much protection in side crashes as many new cars and sport utility vehicles. The Toyota Tacoma was the only one of five small pickup trucks, all 2008 models, to earn the highest...

Chubb: Lessons in Globalizing an Insurance Brand

Jul 24 2008 // Chubb Insurance, founded in 1882 in New York, today sells in 28 countries and has about 120 offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Pacific Rim, serving its property and casualty customers. While...

Tokio Marine to Acquire Philadelphia Insurance for $4.7 Billion

Jul 23 2008 // Japan’s Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. reported that it has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Philadelphia Consolidated, a U.S. property/casualty insurance company offering specialty commercial property and...

Jul 7 2008 // People McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT) added Jim Anderson as senior vice president in the Dallas-based firm’s property/casualty group. Anderson will oversee the production and account management of...

Exporting Exposures

Jul 7 2008 // As an important link in the global supply chain, exporters face many exposures Small and midsize U.S. companies are sharply increasing their exports, encouraged by falling trade barriers, a weakening dollar that makes...

Feds Propose $193K in Fines for Mississippi Manufacturer

Jun 13 2008 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing fines of $193,000 for 54 violations of federal safety laws at two Howard Industries locations in Laurel, Mississippi. OSHA officials cited the electrical power...

Markel American Offers Manufactured Home Program in Indiana

May 19 2008 // Markel American Insurance Company recently announced the release of their Manufactured Home Program in Indiana. The program is exclusively represented by Bolton & Company, a managing general agent with more than 40...

Foam Companies Agree to $30M Settlement in R.I. Nightclub Fire

May 14 2008 // Several foam manufacturers have agreed to pay $30 million to settle lawsuits brought by survivors and family members of those who died in a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people, according to court papers filed this...

Fireman’s Fund Adds Green Coverage for Manufacturers

May 14 2008 // Fireman’s Fund’s made available a new green coverage endorsement for manufacturers that want to reduce water and energy use, and lower their overall carbon footprint. The company is offering insurance premium...

House, Senate to Confer on Differing Product Safety Bills

May 5 2008 // U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor will head a conference committee on legislation to strengthen consumer product safety efforts, and says the group will meet soon. The Democrat from Arkansas, who chairs the committee, said the group...

Mass. Law Limiting Liability for Brownfields Transforms Landscape

Apr 22 2008 // Growing up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Henry Wainer remembers driving past the old Alden Corrugated Container Co. on trips out of the city. Then one day, the single-story cardboard box factory burned. The city bulldozed...

During a Recession, Agents Tend to Fare Better Than Their Customers

Apr 7 2008 // Agents writing residential contractors feel recession first; manufacturing, retail segments follow Main Street independent insurance agents could take a bigger hit than their larger counterparts as an economic recession...

Update: Fire at Tennessee Sports Uniform Factory Set to Cover Thefts

Apr 2 2008 // Fire investigators have ruled that a blaze that burned a Knoxville, Tenn. sports uniform factory was intentionally set. It took firefighters nearly five hours on March 16 to put out the fire that heavily damaged Sports...

Schools Group, Manufacturers Association Earn Texas Mutual Dividends

Mar 26 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $498,348 dividend to the Texas Schools Group (TSG) workers’ compensation purchasing group and a $65,128 dividend to the Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) purchasing...

‘Fire Safe’ Cigarette Bill Passes Oklahoma House

Mar 24 2008 // Legislation designed to help reduce the number of fires caused by cigarettes, House Bill 3341 by state Rep. Mike Thompson and state Sen. Don Barrington, passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on a 97-0 vote. It was...

Recall Crisis Recovery sm (RCR sm) Customized Recall Policy for Small to Mid-Sized Manufacturers

Mar 19 2008 // New Forms! New Wording! EXPOSURE: Do your clients know they are legally responsible for the safety of food and beverage products they manufacture? Governmental agencies do NOT differentiate based on the size of a...

Fire at Tennessee Sports Uniform Factory under Investigation

Mar 18 2008 // A Knoxville, Tenn. sports uniform factory has sustained heavy fire damage. Firefighters say no one was injured by the fire that broke out at the Sports Belle Inc., building on Sunday night. Authorities say it took almost...

Oklahoma House Passes ‘Fire Safe’ Cigarettes Measure

Mar 12 2008 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed House Bill 3341, by state Rep. Mike Thompson and state Sen. Don Barrington, legislation designed to help reduce the number of fires caused by cigarettes. The Fire Safety...

S.C. Manufacturer Recalls 67,000 Car Seats for Safety Reasons

Mar 6 2008 // Some 67,000 child car seats manufactured by South Carolina-based Combi USA Inc., are being recalled because federal tests show the seats might separate from their bases in front-end collisions, the company said. In a...

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Law Limiting Product Liability Suits

Feb 26 2008 // The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 21 upheld a state law that sets a deadline for people to sue manufacturers of defective products but said a General Motors worker can continue with his lawsuit because he was...