Insurance Industry Poised to Add Jobs Over Next Year: Survey August 8, 2012 Insurance industry hiring appears to be steady with 54.5 percent of companies saying they intend to increase staff and 77.4...
Bay Area Refinery Fire Rekindles Memories of 2007 Blaze August 8, 2012 By Janet McGurty For San Francisco Bay Area residents and West Coast oil traders, the Monday evening fire that struck California’s second-largest oil...
Employers Stressing Health Incentives for Employees: Aon August 8, 2012 U.S. employers are increasingly utilizing monetary and other incentives to encourage employees and their families to become active in health...
Kentucky Judge to Review Christians-Only Health Plan Case August 8, 2012 By Roger Alford A judge will consider whether a Christians-only health care plan should be held in contempt of court more than a...
Ratings Recap: Mapfre Panama, Infrassure, Lemma August 8, 2012 A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Mapfre...
Despite GOP Governors, Feds Building Health Insurance Exchanges August 8, 2012 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Don’t look now: The feds may be gaining on GOP governors who’ve balked at carrying out a key part of...
Earnings Reports: XL Group, Alterra Capital August 8, 2012 By Charles E. Boyle Selected earnings highlights from the XL Group’s headquarters in Dublin, Ireland for the second quarter and the first half of...
China Braces for Another Typhoon; Japan on Alert: AIR Analysis August 8, 2012 According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, residents along coastal cities in eastern China are preparing for their third typhoon...
Philippines Rushes Aid to 850,000 People Affected by Floods August 8, 2012 By Manuel Mogato Emergency workers and troops rushed food, water and clothes to nearly 850,000 people displaced and marooned from deadly floods spawned...
UPDATE: Cat I Hurricane Ernesto Nears Mexico, Belize August 8, 2012 According to the latest report from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the center of category 1 Hurricane Ernesto was...