Hong Kong Protestors Move to Shut Down Financial Hub with General Strike August 5, 2019 By Iain Marlow and Shawna Kwan Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned of a “very dangerous situation” as protesters moved to shut down the Asian financial...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Wales-Based Adjusting Associates August 5, 2019 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its risk management services subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett International Ltd., has acquired the assets...
AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of PartnerRe and Subsidiaries August 5, 2019 AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings...
Mexico Oil Company Pemex Offers Health Bonuses for Employees with Skinnier Waists August 5, 2019 By Amy Stillman At Mexico’s state-run oil company, skinnier waists mean bigger bonuses. Under Petroleos Mexicanos’s new collective bargaining contract with its union,...
Artificial Intelligence Helps to Contain Wildfires, Predict Wild Weather August 5, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan On a tower in the Brazilian rainforest, a sentinel scans the horizon for the first signs of fire. Only these...
Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Pleads Guilty in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme August 5, 2019 A tobacco farmer in Kentucky has pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit false claims on crop insurance policies. The Lexington...
Insurance Adjuster in North Carolina Finds Human Remains in House Ashes August 5, 2019 Police in North Carolina say an insurance adjuster found human remains at a house which was destroyed by fire last...
GEICO Gets Progressive, Joins Auto Insurers Offering Telematics August 5, 2019 Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO auto insurer has joined the ranks of carriers using telematics to track and improve driver behavior—after resisting...
Walmart Has Mandatory Active Shooter Training for Employees August 5, 2019 By Hilary Russ Days before Saturday’s mass shooting that killed 20 people at a Walmart Inc. store in El Paso, Texas, another shooting...
First Drone Flight ‘Beyond Line of Sight’ Completed, Says FAA August 5, 2019 By Bryan Pietsch The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it had approved the first drone flight beyond the operator’s sight line,...