With the introduction last week of the 555-passenger Airbus A380 aircraft, an Aon aviation expert said the world’s aviation industry must now look to the past to accommodate what may be its future. Wayne Wignes, president of Aon’s Aviation Group, …
ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced that its ACE Environmental Risk unit has introduced the capability for on-line product and claims reporting information via its new Web site, www.aceenvironmentalrisk.com. This new Web …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the merger of its two U.S. reinsurance brokerage subsidiaries, Arthur J. Gallagher Intermediaries Inc. in New York and John P. Woods & Co. Inc. in New Jersey effective immediately. The surviving subsidiary will …
State Compensation Insurance Fund announced the establishment of an enhanced Medical Provider Network (MPN) that will assure the provision of rapid access to medical treatment for injured workers. The network expands on State Fund’s existing medical network which has reduced …
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that Marjorie Berte, 52, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the Public Employees’ Retirement System Board, according to the Los Angeles Times. Berte is currently vice president of the California State Automobile Association. She will …
Investigators have been assigned by Commissioner Jim Long of the North Carolina Department of Insurance Commissioner to take a closer look at possible bid-rigging by insurance companies and brokers. Last October the department contacted more than 6,000 insurance agencies and …
Roland Milton “Milt” Trafton, former chief executive of Seattle-based Safeco Corp. and a leading local arts benefactor, mountain climber, Arabian horse enthusiast and corporate art collector, is dead at 85. Trafton, who assembled a nationally recognized art collection in 33 …
Nine Armenian charitable groups will receive $3 million over the next two weeks as part of a $20 million settlement between an insurance company and descendants of Armenians killed nearly 90 years ago in the Turkish Ottoman Empire. Five organizations …
A 30-year-old man wanted in Florida since 1995 on numerous felony charges for his alleged role in his family’s nationwide “slip-and-fall” insurance fraud scheme is in custody in California awaiting extradition. Christopher Michael Evans, whose last-known Florida address was in …
The Central Texas chapter of the CPCU Society will hold its January luncheon meeting on Jan. 25 at the offices of Farmers Insurance, 2541 S. Interstate 35, Austin. Rod Bordelon, executive director of the Office of Public Insurance Counsel, will …
