Arizona Wildfire Takes Lives of 19 Elite Firefighters July 1, 2013 By Tim Gaynor An elite team of 19 firemen were killed on Sunday in one of deadliest U.S. firefighting disasters in decades as...
Holborn Buys Ownership Stake in Stonybrook Capital July 1, 2013 New York-based reinsurance broker Holborn Corp. has acquired an ownership stake in Stonybrook Capital LLC, an investment banking advisor for...
States Brace for Web Barrage When Obamacare Goes Live Oct. 1 July 1, 2013 By Sharon Begley About 550,000 people in Oregon do not have health insurance, and Aaron Karjala is confident the state’s new online insurance...
Australian Insurance Broker Network Plans Nation’s Biggest IPO Since 2010 July 1, 2013 By Angus Whitley Steadfast Group Ltd., Australia’s largest network of insurance brokers, plans to raise as much as A$562.8 million ($515 million) in...
CoreLogic to Buy Marshall & Swift/Boeckh, DataQuick for $661 Million July 1, 2013 By Patrick Gower and Prashant Gopal CoreLogic Inc. agreed to buy three real estate data companies from TPG Capital’s Decision Insight Information Group for $661 million...
China Expands System to Track Food Shipments July 1, 2013 By Dominique Patton China is expanding a pilot system that tracks the movement of meat and vegetables to the supermarket shelf as part...
Dixon, Feinberg to Head New RAND Catastrophe Research Center July 1, 2013 The RAND Corp. is launching a new research center that will analyze different approaches to compensating individuals, businesses and others...
New CEO Named for Louisiana’s Insurer of Last Resort July 1, 2013 The state’s insurance commissioner has named a new chief executive to run Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-run insurer...
Michigan Ban on Domestic Partner Benefits Blocked July 1, 2013 By Ed White A federal judge has blocked Michigan’s ban on domestic partner benefits for employees who work for public schools or local...
Founder of Kansas-based Brooke Corp. Pleads Guilty July 1, 2013 By Heather Hollingsworth The founder of failed Kansas-based insurance franchising business Brooke Corp. has pleaded guilty to providing misleading information in a federal...