W. Martin Yung has been selected chief executive officer for JDW Insurance, headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Yung is a shareholder and a member of the board of directors. He has served as president of the firm since February 2000, …
Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. has introduced white-collar disability insurance for high-net worth individual and corporations. The carrier will underwrite the coverage for the program in conjunction with Pro Financial Services (PFS), a Chicago-based underwriter of specialty risk insurance throughout …
Maritime Program Group (MPG) has launched an exclusive motor truck cargo program along with North American Specialty Insurance Co., a member of Swiss Re. The program will focus on risks with 1 to 15 units though it has the capability …
The Alabama House has voted to ban drivers from sending or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle on Alabama roads. The bill passed the House on a 92-0 vote. It now goes to the Senate for debate. The …
Italian prosecutors placed four ship’s officers and three company executives under investigation on Wednesday in connection with the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster as divers found eight more bodies on the wreck including that of a 5-year-old girl. The officers …
The former superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 workers died in a 2010 explosion was charged on Wednesday with felony conspiracy by tipping off mine operators to safety inspections, allowing them to conceal dangerous violations, authorities said. …
BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. are liable and Transocean Ltd. may be liable for civil damages under federal pollution laws over the catastrophic 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. judge ruled. Wednesday’s decision by U.S. District Judge …
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Washington state cannot require pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives if to do so violates their religious beliefs. U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton declared the state regulation unconstitutional because it trampled on pharmacists’ …
Nearly 1,200 people lined up at a downtown Miami conference center on Wednesday, holding onto mortgage documents and income statements in the hope of saving the homes they are struggling to pay for. Seated at rows of long tables were …
ING Groep NV is planning to sell its three Asian insurance joint ventures separately from its other Asia assets so that the overall sale is not held up by negotiations with partners, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation …
