In its latest monthly assessment of the world’s catastrophes for November Aon Benfield highlights the first winter weather event of the season across Europe with “notable affects.” the report, published by the company’s Impact Forecasting team, who evaluate global natural …
Risk Strategies Co. (RSC), a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, has completed the merger of Cohn-Reid-O’Neill Insurance Services Inc. (CRO) in Burlingame, Calif., with its West Coast operations. Focused on providing insurance brokerage and employee …
The insurance industry is recovering from the economic crisis, but profits are nowhere near where they were prior to the crisis, and it will take California longer than other states to rebound, according to an industry economist. The property/casualty insurance …
Accidents in grain silos, storage bins and other facilities killed and injured a record number of workers through October this year, a study by Purdue University showed. The study showed 46 deaths and/or injuries so far in 2010, exceeding the …
$30 Million A Harris County, Texas, jury rendered a $30 million verdict against the Houston-based owner of SunMart convenience stores for defrauding gasoline purchasers, according to the Texas Attorney General’s Office. SunMart is owned by Petroleum Wholesale L.P. (PWI). The …
Insurance Considerations for Agents Insuring Agricultural Employer Every state has been impacted by Arizona’s immigration law, as there is now a cry for immigration reform. Employers who hire a questionable workforce due to the “dirty” or menial nature of certain …
A construction boom has been under way at grain elevators across the Great Plains, where farmers have grown more corn and opted to keep more of the grain to meet the demand from ethanol plants. Storage capacity at the nation’s …
The United States will press China to make a number of trade reforms to open its market to more U.S. goods and services at a high-level bilateral meeting this month, the U.S. officials said Wednesday. The Dec. 14-15 U.S.-China Joint …
The Russian scientist shuffles across the frozen lake, scuffing aside ankle-deep snow until he finds a cluster of bubbles trapped under the ice. With a cigarette lighter in one hand and a knife in the other, he lances the ice …
Chicago-based Hub International Ltd., an insurance brokerage firm, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Byars Thompson Buchanan Insurance & Financial Services LLC, a Santa Maria, Calif.-based insurance brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition …
