California Workers’ Comp Reform Taking Shape – Again April 10, 2012 By Don Jergler At a recent joint hearing in Sacramento on workers’ compensation in California with the Assembly and Senate, statistic after statistic...
Bond Passage to Fund More Storm Shelters in Joplin, Missouri April 10, 2012 When Joplin, Mo., residents approved a $62 million bond issue recently, they agreed to fund more than just new schools....
Officials Want Day Care Centers in South Dakota Town to Be Insured April 10, 2012 Health officials want the Sioux Falls City Council to require home day care centers to carry at least $1 million...
Property Insurance Rates Continue to Firm: Marsh April 10, 2012 Global property insurance rates continued to firm in the first quarter of 2012 and there are forces at play that...
Obesity Now Accounts for 21% of Healthcare Costs: Study April 10, 2012 Obesity now accounts for almost 21 percent of U.S. healthcare costs — more than twice some previous estimates, reports a...
Applied Systems to Open Canada Data Center April 10, 2012 Insurance software company Applied Systems announced plans to open a Canadian data center in the third quarter of 2012, in...
Rondeau, Moreno Join Atlantic Casualty April 10, 2012 Goldsboro, North Carolina-based Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co. has added two executives. Jeanne Rondeau has joined the Atlantic Casualty team as...
Florida Homeowners Association Could Be Sued in Martin Shooting Case April 10, 2012 By Mike Schneider and Tony Winton If Trayvon Martin’s family sues over his death, they might not target George Zimmerman but instead the homeowners association of...
Healthcare Law Could Worsen Deficits: Study April 10, 2012 President Barack Obama’s healthcare law could sharply exceed its cost-savings targets and add up to $530 billion to the federal...
Wells Fargo Upgrades AIG on Likely Exit from Government Bailout April 10, 2012 American International Group Inc. will likely be independent from the U.S. government over the next year, Wells Fargo Securities said...