Needham, Mass.-based research firm TowerGroup has added an insurance industry veteran to the role of research area director to lead...
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The tort system in the United States cost small businesses $98 billion in 2005, with the fear of lawsuits altering...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is more prepared than ever for the 2007 hurricane season, having at the ready helicopters,...
Bank of America Corp. said it is exploring the possibilities of selling its insurance brokerage business, Banc of America Corporate...
A repeat of the 1927 Great Mississippi Flood, the largest flood disaster in U.S. history, could cost up to $160...
New vehicles would need to offer more safety features to address backovers and other potentially devastating accidents involving children under...
Large insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. of Richmond, Va., has hired Mary S. Botkin as senior vice president...
Allstate Corp. CEO Thomas Wilson said at the insurer’s annual meeting this week that the company’s shift away from catastrophe-prone...
Nine words could save lives this hurricane season: “Using a generator indoors can kill you in minutes.” That might seem...
Tyco International Ltd. has agreed to pay about $3 billion to settle shareholder claims from one of the largest corporate...