Texas insurance companies and agency partners are challenging themselves and other insurance industry professionals to raise the bar for philanthropy and volunteerism on behalf of the United Way for Greater Austin. So far they are on track, with contributions coming …
Springfield, Ill.-based Horace Mann Educators Corp. announced that Marita Zuraitis has been named president and chief executive officer and elected to Horace Mann’s board of directors. Former President and CEO Peter Heckman has resigned from the board but will remain …
Taylor’s Drain and Sewer Service in Nebraska has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 10 safety violations, including two willful, and proposed penalties of $194,000. OSHA found that the company failed to …
It could be a while before the exact amount of damage from recent heavy rain and flooding in New Mexico will be known, officials said. Counties are submitting preliminary flood damage estimates to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as federal …
Nearly 50 Cut Bank residents have filed a lawsuit alleging their properties have been polluted by petroleum from a crude oil transportation and storage facility on the eastern edge of the city. The Great Falls Tribune reported the lawsuit was …
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a declaration of emergency to assist with flood recovery in Apache and Greenlee counties. A series of powerful monsoon storms passed over the two northeastern Arizona counties on Sept. 13-14. The storms caused significant …
Surging waters in Colorado swept away barns, silos and fences and left houses covered in mud in this northern agricultural town. The flood waters were so powerful they uprooted irrigation pipes and spread them around the fields here, leaving lakes …
Employees who have a sense of unjustified entitlement are more likely to say that their bosses are abusive and mistreat them than their less entitlement-minded coworkers, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire. The research was conducted …
R. Matthew “Matt” Fairfield, the Founder and CEO of ANV, is the epitome of a global insurance executive. He lives in Spain, runs a company based in the Netherlands, which in turn runs a Lloyd’s syndicate and does extensive business …
Last week I attended Brookings Papers on Economic Activity to watch some of the smartest economists in America debate some of the most interesting papers. The very first paper presented is of particularly timely interest: “Is This Time Different? The …
