Mexican Truck Finally Enters U.S. Under NAFTA October 24, 2011 By Jim Forsyth The first Mexican long-haul truck bound for the U.S. interior crossed at the international bridge at Laredo, Texas, Friday, carrying...
West Virginia Judge Affirms $91M Damage Award Against Nursing Home October 24, 2011 A Kanawha County, West Virginia judge has affirmed most of a $91.5 million damage award against a Charleston nursing home...
Penn. Court Strikes Down Workers’ Comp Exclusion in UIM Policy October 24, 2011 By Young Ha Pennsylvania Supreme Court stuck down an exclusion in an employer’s underinsured motorist policy. The policy from Penn PRIME had excluded...
5 More Massachusetts Counties Get Irene Disaster Aid October 24, 2011 Gov. Deval Patrick says five more Massachusetts counties are being included in the federal disaster declaration after the remnants of...
AIR Updates Terrorism Insurance Model for U.S. October 24, 2011 Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has updated its terrorism model for the United States to reflect less frequent...
Home Insurance Rates Do Not Reflect Cost of Risk: Aon Benfield October 24, 2011 U.S. insurers’ prospective after-tax return on equity for homeowners’ insurance is 4.8 percent on average, a decrease from the 6.9...
Safety Crackdown Not Harming Mining Industry: Official October 24, 2011 By Vicki Smith The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration’s continuing crackdown on the coal industry hasn’t deterred the industry’s growth, director Joe...
Willis Names Maurette as Regional CEO for Latin America October 24, 2011 Willis Group Holdings plc announced that Luis Maurette has been appointed Regional CEO of its Latin American operations. He is...
RSA Appoints Hood as Group E-Business Director October 24, 2011 UK-based global insurer RSA announced the appointment of Ian Hood as Group E-Business Director. He will be responsible for “driving...
Weak Markets to Hobble Canadian Insurer Results October 24, 2011 By Cameron French Canadian insurers are looking at a bleak quarter of financial results due to a sharp drop in stock markets and...