How Risks Change When Recreation Turns to Adventure August 31, 2017 By Andrea Wells Vacationers and tourists are no longer content to sit and relax; they want adventure. The global adventure tourism market is...
Florida Workers’ Comp Premiums Going Down? NCCI Files for 9.6% Decrease August 31, 2017 By Amy O'Connor Just under a year since Florida workers’ compensation rates shot up by 14.5 percent, Florida businesses may get some relief...
India’s Financial Hub Paralyzed by Torrential Monsoon Rains; Death Toll Rises August 31, 2017 By Rajendra Jadhav Two toddlers were among 14 people killed in Mumbai after floods caused by heavy monsoon rains destroyed homes and disrupted...
A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Pennsylvania’s Eastern Atlantic Insurance August 31, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield A.M. Best has revised its outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and...
Marsh Names Nayler, from Aon, to Lead Financial Institutions Industry Practice August 31, 2017 Marsh announced the appointment of David Nayler as leader of its UK Financial Institutions Industry Practice. Reporting to Charles Beresford-Davies,...
China’s Fosun to Continue ‘Genuine’ Overseas M&A August 31, 2017 By Julie Zhu Fosun International, one of China’s most acquisitive conglomerates, brushed off the impact of a crackdown on overseas dealmaking and said...
Ascot Launches Specialty MGA, Vertical Underwriting Managers August 31, 2017 Ascot Group Ltd. (AGL) announced the creation of Vertical Underwriting Managers, its first specialty managing general agency (MGA) cell under...
Robot-Car Drives in Berlin Traffic Like Nervous Teenager with Learner’s Permit August 31, 2017 By Elisabeth Behrmann On a test route in Berlin traffic, an experimental Jeep Grand Cherokee slams on its brakes every few hundred yards,...
Accident at Western Pennsylvania Plant Leaves Two Dead, Four Hurt August 31, 2017 State police say two contractors working on a pipe in an underground pit at a western Pennsylvania power plant were...
Massachusetts Man Arrested for Allegedly Running Motor Vehicle Theft Scheme August 31, 2017 An Avon, Mass., man has been arrested and arraigned in connection with allegedly running a major motor vehicle theft scheme....