AAMGA Expands Membership to Include All Wholesale Professionals August 28, 2013 By Andrea Wells The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) has decided to expand its membership to include all wholesale insurance professionals,...
Crop Insurer Says Saskatchewan Had 25% Fewer Acres That Were Too Wet to Plant August 28, 2013 By Jen Skerritt Saskatchewan, Canada’s largest wheat and canola producer, had 25 percent fewer acres that were too wet to plant this year,...
AIG Names Coory Vice President for Corporate Marketing for Asia Pacific August 28, 2013 American International Group Inc. has appointed Damian Coory to the newly created role of vice president for Corporate Marketing and...
Workplace Deaths Decreased in Montana August 28, 2013 The state says workplace deaths in Montana decreased last year. The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s Research and Analysis...
Regulators Alert Financial Firms to Disaster Risk August 28, 2013 The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a risk alert on business continuity and disaster recovery planning for investment advisers....
Merrill Lynch Reaches $160 Million Settlement in Black Advisers’ Bias Suit August 28, 2013 By Joel Rosenblatt and Hugh Son Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit agreed to pay $160 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by black...
Wal-Mart Will Offer Health Insurance to U.S. Employees’ Domestic Partners August 28, 2013 By Jessica Wohl Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday it will offer health insurance benefits to domestic partners of its U.S. employees starting...
Leavitt Group Names Clarke in Southern California August 28, 2013 The Leavitt Group’s Woodland Hills office named Robert Clarke vice president in commercial insurance. Clarke specializes in hospitals, clinics, and...
Kelley-Hunt Named PCI Public Affairs Director for Southeast August 28, 2013 Brooke Kelley-Hunt is the new director of Public Affairs for the Southeast for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
People Just Aren’t Afraid of Climate Change Yet: Sunstein August 28, 2013 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View With respect to the science of climate change, many experts regard the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as the world’s...