Cleanup Ongoing after North Dakota Pipeline Oil Spill December 14, 2016 By Liz Hampton Roughly a third of the more than 3,000 barrels of oil that spilled into a North Dakota creek following a...
G20 Task Force to Ask Firms to Disclose How They Manage Climate Risks December 14, 2016 By Nina Chestney A global task force set up to try to prevent market shocks from the warming of the planet will ask...
Caribbean Cat Facility, CCRIF, Pays Nicaragua $1.1M for Hurricane Otto December 14, 2016 CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) made a payout of US$1.1 million to the government of Nicaragua...
‘Disruptor’ Hippo in California Raises $14M in New Funding Round December 14, 2016 Mountain View, Calif.-based startup Hippo today announced it has closed a $14 million Series A round. The funding was led...
Uber’s ‘Self-Driving’ Cars Already Roaming Streets of San Francisco December 14, 2016 By Eric Newcomer Uber Technologies Inc. continues to dive head first into autonomous vehicles. Just don’t call them that in California. Starting today,...
Great American Insurance Promotes Sullivan, Thompson Within P/C Operations December 14, 2016 Great American Insurance Group announced that Michael E. Sullivan Jr. has been promoted to executive vice president and David L....
XL Catlin Adds Chubb’s McGowan, DLA Piper’s Laws to M&A Insurance Team December 14, 2016 Preparing to capitalize on merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2017, XL Catlin continued to build out its global M&A...
Fire Official Says Virginia Marina Fire Investigation Could Take Weeks December 14, 2016 A fire official says the investigation into a marina fire in Henrico County that destroyed around a dozen boats will...
Outages Bring Scrutiny to Vermont’s 911 System December 14, 2016 By Dave Gram Vermont’s 911 emergency calling system – and state oversight of it – are coming under scrutiny after at least four...
Rapid Repairs Sought After Pennsylvania Creek Flood Wall Section Collapse December 14, 2016 Authorities city say they will seek funding for rapid repairs following the collapse of a section of a creek flood...