PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., a subsidiary of The PMI Group, Inc., has appointed Joanne Berkowitz as executive vice president for risk management and operations. In this capacity Berkowitz will be responsible for optimizing the credit risk, portfolio management, and risk-adjusted …
Motivated by mounting medical costs, lawmakers and executives are urging doctors to embrace a seemingly simple way to save billions of dollars a year: prescribe medications online. Officials in the public and private sectors say electronic prescriptions will make transactions …
Immigrants seeking legal status in the United States are being victimized with disturbing frequency by their lawyers, a federal appeals panel said. After criticizing the work done and not done by defense lawyers, the three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. …
In the first report of its kind, U.S. health officials said the nation’s states and cities made a strong effort to prepare for a flu pandemic, bioterrorism or other emergency health crises, but big challenges remain. “I think in terms …
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has nominated former state Sen. Cheryl Jacques to serve as an administrative judge with the Department of Industrial Accidents. The Needham Democrat was the state’s first openly gay lawmaker. She also successfully pushed for an assault …
Connecticut transportation officials have opened a runaway truck ramp at a dangerous hilly intersection – more than two years after a fatal wreck and five months after a second crash. Work on the $2.8 million ramp on Route 44 in …
Eight of the nine miners trapped underground in July 2002 when a Pennsylvania mineshaft flooded can continue their suit against the firm that controlled the mine, a judge ruled. Six other miners who narrowly escaped being trapped by the underground …
Lloyd’s has warned that businesses operating in Southeast Asia “need to better understand that the Asian terrorism threat is unique, complex and specific to the region.” Lloyd’s and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) released the report – Terrorism …
Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced that Edmund B. Greene, 69, Brian R. Hall, 65 and Scott E. Pardee, 71, three longtime members of its Board of Directors, will retire in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Shareholder Meeting, when their terms …
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has expanded its marine offerings with the addition of international hull insurance. “The move follows Chubb’s recent appointment of two veteran hull underwriters in London,” said the announcement. “The underwriters will review submissions on …
