If Republicans were writing a movie script for next year’s congressional elections, the working title might be “2014: Apocalypse of Obamacare.” The plot: The rollout of President Barack Obama’s health care law turns into such a disaster that enraged voters …
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the corps’ scientists and engineers launched a collaborative study on Tuesday to determine how best to reduce flood and storm damage risks for people and communities along the North Atlantic coast.The new study …
The Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA) elected a new slate of officers and board members during its 83rd annual meeting, held last week in Atlanta. Swiss Re America’s Senior Vice President of Property & Casualty Peter Opinante, who has served …
Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) and The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB) have formed a strategic alliance that will provide a technology and services product to understand and assess blackout risk in the United States. The technology …
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has asked Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn to sign Senate Bill 1775, which would allow Illinois drivers to present electronic proof of insurance to state officials. The bill, which enables insureds to present the …
Asian soybean rust is looking a bit worse than it has in previous years, apparently because the mild winter let it survive, according to the Louisiana State University AgCenter. This means farmers may have to act earlier to control the …
The founder and CEO of a Baton Rouge-based fast-food chain says experience with disasters served the company well after a tornado ravaged Moore, Okla. Todd Graves, of Raising Cane’s, said the chain has about 50 employees in Moore. The restaurant …
Swett & Crawford has added Dallas, Texas-based Gina Kerpon as a transportation underwriter to its transportation practice group. She joins the company from Union Standard Insurance Co., also in Dallas, where she was a transportation and commercial lines underwriter. She …
One of Indiana’s largest school districts is cutting the hours of 610 part-time teaching aides and cafeteria workers to save money and to avoid providing them health insurance under the federal health care overhaul, its chief financial officer said. The …
A southern Indiana woman asserts in a federal lawsuit that the hospital where she worked fired her after she requested medical leave in order to take care of her disabled son. Katherine Harner of Shoals sued Daviess Community Hospital Thursday …
