Hurricane Arthur Prompts North Carolina Coast Evacuations, East Coast Flood Watches July 3, 2014 By Brian K. Sullivan, Heesu Lee and Naomi Christie Hurricane Arthur gained strength as it bore down on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where some residents and visitors were ordered...
Swiss Re Agrees to Purchase RSA’s Sun Alliance in China July 3, 2014 By Maud van Gaal Swiss Re, the world’s second – largest reinsurer, agreed to buy a Chinese unit of RSA Insurance Group Plc as...
Zurich Insurance to Take $300 Million Loss on Russian Unit Sale July 3, 2014 By Jason Corcoran Zurich Insurance Group AG, the largest Swiss insurer, said the sale of its Russian retail unit will lead to an...
Canadian Farm Flooding Seen Increasing Claims for Crop Insurance July 3, 2014 By Jen Skerritt Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest producer of wheat and canola, expects insurance payouts on crops to increase after floods wiped out acreage....
Small Firms Fear Gap in Trade Finance If Export Import Bank Closed July 3, 2014 By Krista Hughes Private sector trade finance has not fully recovered from its financial-crisis collapse, and it is not clear it could fill...
Bullion Named VP of Human Resources at Grinnell Mutual in Iowa July 2, 2014 Ian Bullion was named vice president of human resources and training and development at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. Bullion joined...
Harris Named Utah Captive Audit Manager July 2, 2014 Benjamin M. Harris will be joining the Utah’s Captive Insurance Division as an audit manager. Harris, a CPA, will join...
Beacon Hill’s South Central Texas Office Moves July 2, 2014 Beacon Hill Associates Inc.’s South Central office has moved to Houston, Texas. The centrally located Houston office at 20333 State...
5 Companies Filing 2015 Plans on Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace July 2, 2014 Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford announced that five companies have filed to sell individual health insurance plans on Arkansas’ Federally-facilitated...
Painkiller Prescribing Varies By State, Highest in South; Florida Reverses Trend: CDC July 2, 2014 Health care providers in some states prescribe far more painkillers than those in other states, according to a new government...