Companies Must Report CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Under New SEC Rule August 5, 2015 By Dave Michaels The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule Wednesday requiring companies to reveal the pay gap between the chief...
Lightning Blamed for Ohio Gas Station Fuel Tank Explosion August 5, 2015 Investigators say lightning has sparked a fuel tank explosion that left a crater 40 feet wide at an Ohio gas...
FEMA Disaster Aid to Arkansas Tops $2M August 5, 2015 Federal officials say the government has provided more than $2 million in aid to help Arkansas recover from storms that...
Auto Claims Hit Allstate’s Q2 Results August 5, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Allstate Corp. reported net income fell to $355 million in the second quarter, down from $645 million, as the insurer...
Washington City Sues Monsanto Over River Contamination August 5, 2015 The city of Spokane is suing the international agrochemical giant Monsanto, which it blames for pollution in the Spokane River...
Former Worker Sues Safeway in Oregon Over Leering Customer August 5, 2015 A former employee of a Safeway in Oregon has filed a lawsuit against the grocery store chain saying she was...
Firefighters Make Progress Against Raging California Wildfire August 5, 2015 By Janie Har and Kristin J. Bender Firefighters are reporting some progress against a Northern California wildfire that has charred more than 100 square miles of terrain,...
Starr Names AIG’s Conway as Senior VP for Specialty Casualty August 5, 2015 Dan Conway has joined global insurer Starr Companies as senior vice president for Specialty Casualty. Conway will assume overall responsibility...
10 Business Insurance Lessons and 1 Owner’s Advice from Katrina August 5, 2015 By Denise Johnson Nearly 10 years ago, wind and storm surges as a result of Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in insured losses...
Private Equity Firm Odyssey Buys Broker Integro August 5, 2015 New York and Los Angeles private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC has agreed to acquire Integro Ltd., a specialty...