Corporations Have ‘Alarmingly High’ Failure Rate with Their Cyber Defenses: Accenture November 2, 2016 By Matthew Kalman About one-third of targeted attempts to breach corporations’ cyber defenses succeed but three-quarters of executives remain unaccountably confident in their...
Georgia Orders Property Insurers to Report Hurricane Matthew Claims Data November 2, 2016 The Georgia Department of Insurance is ordering all insurers operating in the state to report claims information related to Hurricane...
$151M Settlement Reached Over 2014 Chemical Spill in West Virginia November 2, 2016 By John Raby A federal judge on Monday tentatively approved a $151 million settlement involving two companies sued over a 2014 chemical spill...
Colonial Pipeline Explosion in Alabama Injures 7, Causes 2 Wildfires November 2, 2016 By Jay Reeves and Jeff Martin An explosion along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama injured at least seven workers Monday not far from where the...
IICF Teams with Sesame Street Character to Promote Early Reading November 1, 2016 The Children’s Bureau, a Los Angeles, Calif., area nonprofit, recently received a visit from Sesame Street’s Abby Caddaby as a...
Schinnerer Expands Builders Risk Program November 1, 2016 Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, an underwriting manager, has expanded its Builders Risk program to now include coverage for commercial...
Company Behind Giant Florida Sinkhole Hopes it Will be Plugged by Spring November 1, 2016 By Tamara Lush and Jason Dearen A massive sinkhole at a fertilizer plant should be plugged by spring, months after contaminated water and waste began flowing...
Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Flatten in Indiana November 1, 2016 Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana changed little from 2013 to 2014, a sharp contrast to the increases...
Lower Cotton, Sweet Potato Yields Attributed to Louisiana Rains November 1, 2016 Louisiana’s cotton and sweet potato harvests have been negatively affected by the flooding rains in August, state agricultural specialists say....
Aspen Insurance Acquires Puerto Rico Marine MGA, Blue Waters Insurers November 1, 2016 Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings, announced it has acquired Blue Waters Insurers Corp. Blue Waters,...