Two Kansas State University civil engineers working to make Kansas roads and highways safer by reducing the number and severity of vehicular crashes that involve large, cargo-carrying trucks, say the majority of such accidents are driver-related. Sunanda Dissanayake, associate professor …
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has added Gregory M. Hubbell as senior vice president and Health and Benefits Practice leader of the Cleveland, Ohio, office. Hubbell will manage new business growth and client retention. …
The Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously approved closing a loophole in the law that allows double billing for surgical implants in California workers’ compensation cases. Senate Bill 959, authored by Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, would address the Medicare fee schedule adopted in …
The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported 2011 is on track for another consecutive year of declining vehicle thefts, but California still dominates the top 10 list for areas highest auto theft rates. Seven of the top 10 areas were in …
Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services (RAIS), a New England-based network of specialty services for independent insurance agencies, added five new member agencies.The new member agencies are: MHA Insurance Agency of Burlington, Mass., a subsidiary of the Massachusetts Hospital Association; Southeast Agency …
Only about one-third of the more than $79 million available from a federal foreclosure prevention program in Rhode Island has been spent to help struggling homeowners, officials said this week.Rhode Island Housing, the quasi-public agency that administers the Hardest Hit …
Rockwood Programs, Inc. has been appointed to serve as the national administrator of a new employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) product. The coverage will be underwritten by member companies of Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. EPLI will initially be offered on …
A Maryland man who was suspected in the presumed death of his traveling companion in Aruba is suing to collect on a travel insurance policy issued in the woman’s name. Gary Giordano says in a lawsuit that AMEX Assurance Company …
Connecticut Light & Power struck back Monday at Attorney General George Jepsen, who asked state regulators to punish the state’s largest utility for its response to two storms last year. In a filing with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the …
The state Appellate Court says a ski area in New Hartford isn’t liable for an accident in 2006 that paralyzed a 15-year-old boy. The Republican-American of Waterbury reports that the Appellate Court this week upheld a jury verdict in favor …
