Energy Insurers Become Latest Casualty of Oil Slump as Projects Are Postponed February 11, 2016 By Carolyn Cohn and Jonathan Saul The insurance industry is becoming the latest casualty of the oil price slump, with postponements and cancellations of energy projects...
Update: Zurich Reports 4Q Loss of $424M, vs. Profit of $860M in Q4 2014 February 11, 2016 By Jan-Henrik Förster Zurich Insurance Group AG reported a worse-than-expected loss in the fourth quarter as the company makes plans to turn around...
21st Century Insurance Cutting 50 Positions in Delaware February 10, 2016 Farmers Insurance Group said it recently notified some 50 21st Century Insurance employees in Wilmington, Delaware, that their positions would...
Mass. Jury: Philip Morris Not Obligated to Pay for Smokers’ Cancer Screening February 10, 2016 A 10-person jury in Boston on Wednesday rejected the claims made by a class of currently healthy Marlboro smokers in...
Registered Drones Now Outnumber Planes February 10, 2016 By Joan Lowy The Federal Aviation Administration says there are now more registered drone operators in the U.S. than there are registered manned...
U.S. Traffic Deaths Up 9% February 10, 2016 U.S. traffic deaths rose 9.3 percent in the first nine months of last year after years of decline. The latest...
P/C Retail, Wholesale Agency 2015 M&A Highlights by Region, State February 10, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson When agency consultants at Reagan Consulting hosted more than 150 industry leaders at a workshop on agent/broker mergers and acquisitions...
IIABNY Voices Opposition to Expanding Wrap-Ups for Public Works Projects February 10, 2016 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2016-17 fiscal year budget plan includes a proposal to expand the ability of certain governmental...
764 Citations for Seat Belt, Restraint Violations Issued in North Dakota February 10, 2016 The North Dakota Department of Transportation says law enforcement officers in the state issued 764 citations for seat belt and...
Los Angeles Residents Displaced by Gas Leak Get More Time to Return Home February 10, 2016 Los Angeles residents displaced by a massive, 15-week natural gas leak will have more time to return to their homes...