A measure championed by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan adds $5 million in new funding to the 2013 farm bill to help root out crop insurance fraud. The Senate approved Hagan’s amendment last week by a vote of 94-0. The money …
It’s been nearly eight years since Hurricane Wilma raked the southern end of Florida and caused billions in damages, the last of eight hurricanes to hit the state in 2004 and 2005. Yet even as the state has been spared …
A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the Affordable Care Act and a favorite of the …
The town of Hope Mills is suing to get $10 million to repair a dam that failed more than three years ago. It was the second dam to fail and empty the lake by the town. The first dam was …
On the same day that Eleanor Kitzman exited her post as state insurance commissioner, Texas Gov. Rick Perry appointed Julia Rathgeber of Austin to take over leadership at the Texas Department of Insurance. Kitzman, appointed in between regular sessions of …
Twelve hundred homes damaged or destroyed, 33,000 people impacted and $2 billion in property losses. Those are damage estimates from the deadly F5 tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore in the afternoon of May 20. The storm …
Merely bringing your A-game may not be enough to entice certain companies to give you their business, especially those who are looking for environmentally or socially conscious partners. Following the challenging recession period the “green” movement seemed to take a …
Ron Carlier has been appointed chief executive officer of CSGC-Swett & Crawford North America’s reinsurance subsidiary, Cooper Gay Re North America. Carlier will be accountable for the group’s U.S. reinsurance strategy as well as developing treaty capabilities alongside its growing …
Robert Jordan has joined the Southern California operations of Lockton Insurance Brokers as health risk solutions consultant. Jordan’s has nearly 20 years of experience, including corporate human resources, risk management and business leadership. Lockton Insurance Brokers is the Southern California …
New York’s highest court will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Hank Greenberg of orchestrating sham transactions when he was head of insurance company American International Group Inc. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman dropped …
