Massachusetts health officials say a seafood restaurant worker has tested positive for hepatitis A and are warning customers they may have been exposed to the disease. The state Department of Public Health and local health officials are urging customers who …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has purchased a minority stake in Edelweiss Insurance Brokers Ltd. (EIBL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Edelweiss Group, the Indian diversified financial services conglomerate. The deal is subject to approval by the Insurance …
Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty re/insurance, announced that Udo Pützer has joined the company’s European insurance platform as head of Financial Lines Insurance in Germany. Pützer is based in the company’s Düsseldorf office …
Brazilian miner Vale‘s tailings dam in the town of Barao de Cocais in Minas Gerais has up to a 15% chance of breaking, the state’s environment secretary said on Monday. The dam at Vale‘s Gongo Soco mine is about 40 …
MS Amlin announced the purchase of a strategic stake in Envelop Risk, a global specialist reinsurance managing general agent (MGA), which combines insurance expertise with artificial intelligence-driven cyber risk modeling. The investment sees MS Amlin take a minority strategic stake …
A common hiring philosophy used for generations is being flipped on its head by new research from Florida State University. Screening job applicants based on their prior work experience is often a mistake among employers, according to Chad Van Iddekinge, …
Specialist insurer Beazley has hired Cal Spessard to head the team responsible for handling claims arising from the company’s environmental liability business. Spessard joins Beazley from environmental risk management specialists WCD Group, where he served as director, claims and litigation …
Authorities say a fire at a chemical plant in New Jersey has been brought under control, but road and bridge closures remained in effect and local residents were urged to remain indoors because of potential danger from fumes. Kearny fire …
Baltimore, Md., officials say they have a plan to get the city’s real estate market moving again in the midst of a crippling ransomware attack. A manual workaround for property sales during the recovery will begin Monday. The ransomware shut …
Global airlines urged regulators on Friday not to compete over setting new safety rules, after two crashes led to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX and raised questions about the international influence of the U.S. aviation authority. The U.S. …
