Commercial Lines Softening to Continue in U.S. in 2015: Marsh February 9, 2015 Competition among property/casualty insurance carriers and the flow of capital into the industry are continuing to drive down rates in...
Disaster Declaration For Most of Nevada Due to Drought February 9, 2015 The U.S. Agriculture Department has declared most of Nevada a natural disaster area due to lingering drought. And state water...
Firefighters Gain on California Wildfire That Destroyed 40 Homes February 9, 2015 Firefighters on Sunday evening gained the upper hand on a wind-driven wildfire that destroyed 40 homes, burned nearly 11 square...
Utah Seeing More Cyber-Attacks, Likely Due To NSA Facility February 9, 2015 By Brady McCombs Utah state officials have seen what they describe as a sharp uptick in attempts to hack into state computers in...
Drugged Driving Increases While Drunk Driving Decreases February 9, 2015 The nation’s decades-long campaign to combat drunk driving continues to make our roads safer, but use of marijuana and prescription...
Investors Await Default Insurance Ruling in Caesars Bankruptcy February 9, 2015 By Sridhar Natarajan As creditors fight over the scraps of the bankrupt operating unit of Caesars Entertainment Corp., a three- person panel will...
Trinity Guardrails Pass First of 8 Mandated Crash Tests February 9, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system, which has come under scrutiny for locking when hit and piercing cars instead of helping...
Barrage of Cyber Attacks Force Companies to Rethink Defense Strategies February 9, 2015 By Jeremy Wagstaff A barrage of damaging cyber attacks is shaking up the security industry, with some businesses and organizations no longer assuming...
Insurance Managers Association Cayman (IMAC) Elects New Board February 9, 2015 Kieran O’Mahony of Marsh Cayman has taken the Insurance Managers Association Cayman (IMAC)* reins from outgoing chairperson Rob Leadbetter at...
Best Affirms Ratings of General Insurance Corporation of India February 9, 2015 A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of India’s...