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Scientist Accuses Hackers of Climate e-mails of Attack on Conference
Nov 24 2009 // A leading climate change scientist, whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online, says the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month’s global...
Wisconsin Technical College Creates Insurance Education Program
Nov 23 2009 // Madison, Wis., Area Technical College has launched an Insurance Certificate Program to respond the needs of the growing insurance industry in that state. Wisconsin has the 6th largest concentration of insurers in the...
Senator Boxer Sees no US Accord in Time for Copenhagen Conference
Nov 18 2009 // Senator Barbara Boxer Tuesday predicted that the United States will not reach a consensus on carbon emission reduction goals for 2020 in time for December’s international global warming summit in Copenhagen. Boxer,...
Mass. General Surgery Training on Probation
Nov 18 2009 // A surgery training program at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital has been placed on probation by a national accrediting organization because some participants were working too much. The Accreditation Council for...
Montana Councilman Wants $2 Million Related to Asbestos Site
Nov 16 2009 // A city councilman in Libby, Mont., said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency owes the asbestos-plagued Superfund community $2 million for the demolition of several contaminated buildings. The city-owned...
New Hampshire Creates Anonymous Tip Site for Misclassified Workers
Nov 12 2009 // New Hampshire authorities have created a new Web site that allows the public to anonymously report companies believed to have misclassified workers as independent contractors. The site is part of an effort by the...
Northeast Learns Lessons from ’08 Ice Storm
Nov 9 2009 // One of the huge pine trees that surrounded Sieglinde Poegel’s home of 42 years crashed through the roof and landed in her living room during the ice storm that crippled much of the Northeast last December. “It...
UNLV Gets Safety Training Grant
Nov 5 2009 // The University of Nevada, Las Vegas says it is developing a safety training program for construction workers with a $287,000 grant from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Officials say the program will be...
Illinois Reminds Producers of Continuing Education Requirements
Nov 5 2009 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, insurance producers in Illinois will be required to include three hours of classroom ethics instruction as part of their required 24 hours of continuing education. In a bulletin released by the...
How the Economy Is Altering Architect/Engineering Insurance Buying
Nov 1 2009 // Architects and engineering (A/E) firms, construction professionals and the insurance carriers that serve them are facing unique challenges in this turbulent economic environment. SmartRisk surveyed professional liability...
Endurance Reports $153.8 Million Q3 Net Income; Conference Call Today
Oct 30 2009 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported net income of $153.8 million and $2.51 per diluted common share for the third quarter of 2009, compared to a net loss of $99.4 million and $1.79 per diluted common...
Jury Awards North Carolina Soldier $750K in Training Shooting
Oct 29 2009 // A former Army sergeant wounded during a military training exercise was awarded at least $750,000 in his lawsuit against the Moore County, North Carolina Sheriff’s Office and the former deputy who shot him. The...
Everest Re Q3 Net Income $228.6 Million; Conference Call Today
Oct 29 2009 // The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. reported third quarter 2009 net income of $228.6 million, or $3.75 per diluted common share, compared to a net loss of $233.1 million, or $3.79 per common share, for the third...
ACE Limited Posts $494 Million Q3 Net; Conference Call Today
Oct 28 2009 // The Swiss mountain air seems to agree with ACE Limited, as it reported net income for the third quarter of $494 million, or $1.46 per share, compared with $0.16 per share for the same quarter last year, an increase of 813...
Louisiana Parish Says Training Facility Will Lower Insurance Premiums
Oct 28 2009 // St. Landry Parish, La., is in line to receive $12.7 million in federal hurricane mitigation funds, and the single largest project it hopes to fund will be a multi-agency training center. Opelousas Fire Chief Lee Cahanin...
Southern California Firemen Granted Safety Equipment
Oct 20 2009 // Bliss & Glennon, Inc. and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. have awarded a $5,691 grant to the Hermosa Beach, Calif. Fire Department for the purchase of new safety equipment. The new gear includes goggles, hand...
Q&A with Ironshore’s Kelley: Why He Left AIG and His Plans for Ironshore
Oct 19 2009 // In December, 2008, Kevin Kelley left Lexington Insurance Co., the largest excess and surplus lines insurance company, after more than 30 years during which he helped the company become one of parent American International...
What ‘Plan B’ for Copenhagen Climate Change Conference Might Look Like
Oct 16 2009 // Negotiators are already talking about “plan B” for the Copenhagen climate talks in December, with uncertainty growing that nations will be able to agree in time on a tougher and broader U.N. climate pact. While...
Georgia Parent Pushes for Teen Driver Education Funds
Oct 14 2009 // A Georgia state law adopted in 2007 that required driver’s education for all 16-year-olds also created a way to help pay for it, but only 20 percent of funds collected under the program have been appropriated for its...
NTSB Turns Louisiana Plane Crash Site Over to Insurers
Oct 14 2009 // The National Transportation Safety Board has completed its on-scene investigation of a midair collision in Louisiana that killed both men in one plane and injured a man and a woman in another. Board spokesman Terry...
