Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened into a hurricane just off the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday as it churned toward landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Isaac’s winds, rain and storm …
Torus has expanded its medical expense liability and medical professional liability coverage to the rapidly-growing reproductive medicine industry, which assists with reproduction via in-vitro fertilization and other technologies. The Torus product lines are available for medical providers who are board …
Connecticut officials are pushing ahead with plans to set up the new health insurance exchange, a marketplace where individuals and businesses can find affordable coverage, by next fall. The federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week awarded the …
The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has introduced insurance coverage to help small to mid-size health care organizations manage some of their biggest exposures. ForeFront Portfolio 3.0 for Health Care Organizations offers eight optional coverages, including cyber liability insurance for …
Almost 100 Iowa school buses have been repeatedly labeled unsafe to transport children in the past five years. The Des Moines Register reported that gaps in the bus inspection system make it possible for those buses to return to service …
Three independent insurance agencies in Maine have made the state’s seventh annual “Best Places to Work in Maine” list. The list is published by the Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resources Management. It recognizes 42 local businesses …
The parents of a Cornell University sophomore who died in the Fall Creek gorge two years ago are suing the university for negligence in their son’s death. Nineteen-year-old Khalil King was last seen in August 2010, walking with a friend …
Antonia Schreiber is taking no chances on the next big storm. The remnants of Hurricane Irene turned the 200-year-old building that housed her Catskill Mountains spa boutique into a muddy mess a year ago in Windham, N.Y. She managed to …
Michigan’s regulators say the state’s workers’ compensation premium rates are dropping for the second year in a row. Michigan Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Steven H. Hilfinger announced that the pure premium advisory rates for workers’ compensation …
As Tropical Storm Isaac moved steadily toward Louisiana, residents geared up Monday for what has become an almost familiar Labor Day week event. On Sunday, Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency, and officials in some coastal parishes either …
