Addressing rollover safety, the government last week proposed that new cars and trucks undergo new tests to measure the strength...
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Federal researchers have concluded that airtight refuge chambers could save trapped miners and merit installation in the nation’s 731 underground...
Richmond, Va.-based specialty insurer Markel Corp. reported that its 2007 combined ratio was 88 percent compared to 87 percent in...
Amid the turbulence of the plunging stock market, there’s a great opportunity for small business owners — if they set...
Shares of bond insurers rose sharply Thursday on hopes the sector could receive support from a possible bailout orchestrated by...
The Bush administration wants to limit the situations where drug companies can change warning labels when they know of unsafe...
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has withdrawn its ‘BB+’ rating on Concord Re Ltd.’s $365 million bank loan. The company...
Beecher Carlson is partnering with Old Lane, a Citigroup company, to further accelerate its expansion. Led by Tom Golub, chairman...
Ward Group, a consulting firm specializing in the insurance industry, is kicking off a new benchmarking program for finance and...
Safeco has named Kirk Chartier senior leader of Distribution and Strategy. The announcement was made here by Paula Reynolds, the...