Safety Regulator Completes Crackdown on Bus Companies December 13, 2013 By Jeff Plungis The U.S. Transportation Department, under scrutiny after a watchdog questioned its oversight of bus companies, pledged to do deeper investigations...
Anadarko, Kerr-McGee Liable for Pollution Costs of Spun-Off Paint Unit Tronox December 12, 2013 By Nick Brown Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and its Kerr-McGee unit acted with “intent to hinder” when they spun off Tronox, the paint materials...
Local Leaders Planning for Climate Effects December 12, 2013 By Matthew Daly When it comes to climate change, local officials have a message for Washington: Lead or get out of the way....
Federal Insurance Office Releases Long-Awaited Modernization Report December 12, 2013 After nearly two years of delay, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today released its report...
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Forecasts ‘Soft Insurance Rate Landing’ December 12, 2013 U.S. property/casualty insurers’ and brokers’ operating earnings are expected to modestly improve in 2014, and the overall insurance rate increases...
Protx Risk Management Launches Bancshield+ Portfolio for Community Banks December 12, 2013 Protx Risk Management LLC, a managing general agency that focuses on professional liability insurance, has introduced a suite of professional...
Personal Genetic Tests Now Subject to Sharper Scrutiny After 23andMe Episode December 12, 2013 By Anna Edney and John Lauerman The genetic test firm 23andMe Inc.’s clash with U.S. regulators over the direct sale of its gene analysis service to...
Drilling Boom Leaves Some Neighbors with Damages, Depressed House Values December 12, 2013 By Michelle Conlin When Gary Gless bought his sleek, modernist house in Los Angeles in 2002, he thought he had hit a “gold...
Big Brains at Big ‘I’, Insurance Information Institute Give Their Take on 2014 December 11, 2013 By Don Jergler Most economists are upbeat about next year, but just what does that mean for insurance agents in 2014? For independent...
Fireman’s Fund Enhances Art Collection Product with ‘Death of An Artist’ Coverage December 11, 2013 Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has introduced new death of an artist loss settlement provisions, as well as seven other coverages...