Federal Audit Rips Spending for Texas Hurricane Cleanup December 31, 2010 By Michael Graczyk A scathing audit by the federal Department of Homeland Security questions whether some $45 million in public money was properly...
Lloyd’s Does Well in a Tough Year December 30, 2010 Lloyd’s year-end review shows that, like the rest of the industry it faced a number of challenges in a difficult...
Intoxicated New Mexico Worker Still Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits December 29, 2010 A New Mexico Court of Appeal has ruled that a Las Cruces city employee who fell off a garbage truck...
Catastrophes Top 2010 List of Major Global Insurance Events December 23, 2010 Natural and man-made catastrophes topped the list of the most significant events in 2010, with three major earthquakes, a near...
Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t December 23, 2010 By Andrew G. Simpson The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the...
2010’s Top Insurance Stories in the West December 23, 2010 By Patricia-Anne Tom In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of...
Top Brokers, Munich Re Pool Efforts to Expand Insurance for Oil Drilling December 22, 2010 By Ben Berkowitz and Jonathan Gould The world’s top three insurance brokers have joined reinsurer Munich Re to promote a major expansion in risk coverage for...
2 Years After Ike Texas Coastal Residents Still Filing Claims December 22, 2010 Windstorm claims from Hurricane Ike continue to be reported more than two years after the storm made landfall. The Texas...
New Jersey Moving to End Liability Cap for Offshore Spills December 17, 2010 New Jersey is moving toward making polluters pay the full cost of cleaning up offshore spills. A bill to remove...
U.S. Sues BP, Well Owners, Driller, Insurer for Gulf Oil Spill Damages December 16, 2010 By James Vicini and Jeremy Pelofsky The Obama administration Wednesday launched a legal battle against BP Plc and its partners by suing them for the worst...