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U.S. Plan Would Restart Mexico Trucking
Apr 11 2011 // Long-haul trucks from Mexico would be allowed to operate throughout the United States for up to three years under a pilot plan aimed at reviving a politically sensitive trade program stalled for years. The U.S....
UPDATE: U.N. Climate Change Agenda Agreed, Roadmap Set for 2011
Apr 8 2011 // Rich and poor nations overcame deep divisions on Friday to cut a deal that maps out U.N. climate negotiations for 2011, building on last December’s agreement in Mexico and hardening the focus on tougher issues. The...
Texas Company Sued for Abuse of Iowa Workers
Apr 8 2011 // A Texas company is accused of severely abusing and discriminating against 31 mentally disabled men who worked at an Iowa turkey processor, in a federal lawsuit filed April 6 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Medical Errors 10 Times More Frequent Than Reported, New Research Says
Apr 8 2011 // Medical errors and other adverse events occur in one-third of hospital admissions, which is as much as 10 times more than some previous estimates have indicated, according a new study. “Without doubt, we’ve...
Ghost of Cancun Haunts Bangkok Climate Talks
Apr 8 2011 // The deep divisions apparently bridged by last December’s climate deal in Cancun opened anew this week at U.N. talks in Bangkok, undermining the chance of any agreement on the shape of a broader pact by year’s...
Allied World U.S. Enhances Management Liability Product for Healthcare Organizations
Apr 7 2011 // Allied World Assurance Co. has introduced Allied World U.S.’s new ForceField management liability package product for U.S. Healthcare Organizations. The ForceField Package Policy for Healthcare Organizations combines...
‘Above Average’ 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast
Apr 7 2011 // The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be above average with nine hurricanes, five of them major, with a more than 70 percent chance that at least one of them will hit the U.S. coastline, Colorado State University...
New Zealand to Back Insurer AMI Despite Budget Pain
Apr 7 2011 // New Zealand’s government has agreed to provide financial support for AMI, the country’s second-largest residential insurer, after two major earthquakes threatened to deplete its capital, Finance Minister Bill...
Reinsurance Rates Rising, But Few Agree Where, How Much
Apr 6 2011 // Reinsurance rates may be edging higher only now, but the companies’ shares could still surge amid investor hopes that disasters, including Japan’s earthquake, will result in much higher rates in the...
Reinsurance Rates Are Rising, but Few Agree Where
Apr 6 2011 // Reinsurance rates may be edging higher only now, but the companies’ shares could still surge amid investor hopes that disasters, including Japan’s earthquake, will result in much higher rates in the...
Report Tallies Economic Costs of Violence to States
Apr 6 2011 // States with the most violence are spending billions of dollars on medical care and prisons and recording lower productivity than more peaceful states, according to a new study on the effects of peace and violence on the...
AIG CEO Benmosche Open to Staying at Helm Past 2012
Apr 5 2011 // Robert Benmosche, who has revived the fortunes of bailed-out insurer American International Group , said Tuesday he might consider staying at the helm past 2012 if his health permitted. “I will stay into 2012 and...
Feds Probe Illinois Public Agencies’ Workers’ Compensation Payouts
Apr 5 2011 // Two federal prosecutors are investigating possible workers’ compensation abuses at Illinois government agencies after disclosures of millions of dollars in payouts and questionable practices by arbitrators. The...
Tesoro Denies Plant Blast in Washington Due to Poor Maintenance
Apr 5 2011 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said Tesoro Corp. had not adequately maintained a heat exchanger at its Anacortes, Washington, refinery, that exploded on April 2, 2010, causing the death of seven workers. Microscopic cracks...
U.S. Judge Dismisses Non-U.S. Car Buyers’ Claims Against Toyota
Apr 5 2011 // A U.S. judge said he would dismiss claims against Toyota Motor Corp. by non-U.S. car buyers who say their vehicles lost value because of manufacturing defects. Toyota has recalled 19 million vehicles globally since 2009...
Toyota Wins New York Case over Unintended Acceleration
Apr 4 2011 // A federal jury found that Toyota Motor Corp. isn’t responsible for a 2005 crash that the driver blamed on the floor mat or the electronic throttle, in the first case to go to trial since automaker recalled millions...
Aon Benfield Report: Despite Catastrophes, Reinsurance Rates Remain Stable
Apr 4 2011 // Aon Benfield’s most recent evaluation of the state of the reinsurance market, as of April 1, concludes that it performed “as intended through recent events,” and that it continues “to provide...
Stuck Pipe Stopped Sealing of BP Oil Well: U.S. Report
Apr 4 2011 // The failure of the underwater blowout preventer that led to the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by a stuck section of drill pipe that blocked cutting devices from shearing and sealing the leaking...
Wiring in Faulty Drywall Homes Found to Be Safe
Apr 4 2011 // Federal safety officials have stopped recommending removal of all electrical wiring in homes with problem drywall, a change in the safety protocol that could reduce the cost of remediation. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety...
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Apr 4 2011 // The Obama administration has officially named Illinois state insurance regulator Michael McRaith to head the new Federal Insurance Office. McRaith, currently the head of the Illinois Department of Insurance, will run the...
