As promised, New Hampshire lawmakers made changes to a controversial workers’ compensation measure affecting small contractors one of their first orders of business for 2008. Meeting in Concord on Jan. 2, the House (329-6) and Senate (23-0) overwhelmingly agreed to …
Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. announced it acquired Indianapolis, Ind.-based MultiNational Underwriters LLC (MNU), which specializes in international life, accident and health insurance, offering coverage to customers in more than 130 countries. In conjunction with the MNU acquisition, HCC has …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Dorothy Langley as chair of its Board of Directors beginning Jan.1, 2008. Langley has been a part of the Unitrin Property & Casualty Insurance Group since 1992. She currently serves as vice president …
Through a subsidiary, Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired Tecumseh, Okla.-based Turner & Associates Insurance Agency Inc., the companies announced. Turner & Associates, with annualized revenue of approximately $1.7 million, specializes in the insurance needs of the oil and gas …
Despite a decline in fatal accidents, federal statistics show 2007 was the second deadliest year since 2002 for U.S. coal miners. According to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, 32 miners died on the job last year, including eight in …
Motorcycle fatalities in South Carolina increased in 2007 compared with previous years. There were 120 deaths last year compared with 106 fatalities the previous year and 94 deaths in 2005. Safety officials say there are several reasons for more deaths …
Cherry Hill, N.J.-based Commerce Bancorp Inc. said it has completed the sale of its insurance brokerage business, Commerce Insurance Services, to a private group led by two of the brokerage’s key executives. The sale was first announced in October in …
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this month issued a fact sheet on the application of federal anti-discrimination laws to employer tests and other selection procedures to screen applicants for hire and employees for promotion. The new technical assistance …
State and local authorities are investigating an apparent burglary and arson that left an Albany, Ga., church heavily damaged. The fire was reported about 7:30 a.m. Monday at Metropolitan Baptist Church. The Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s office says …
Specialist insurer Hiscox Plc has issued a stark warning to UK companies of their exposures to increased liabilities when the UK’s Corporate Manslaughter Act comes into force on April 6, 2008. The legislation had been the subject of heated parliamentary …
